Mauléon, Deux-Sèvres
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Mauléon | |
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Mauléon | |
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Mauléon | |
Coordinates: 46°55′25″N 0°44′54″W / 46.9236°N 0.7483°WCoordinates: 46°55′25″N 0°44′54″W / 46.9236°N 0.7483°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Poitou-Charentes |
Department | Deux-Sèvres |
Arrondissement | Bressuire |
Canton | Mauléon |
Intercommunality | Delta-Sèvre-Argent |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Daniel Amiot |
Area | |
• Land1 | 120.64 km2 (46.58 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Population2 | 8,110 |
• Population2 Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 79079 / 79700 |
Elevation |
104–226 m (341–741 ft) (avg. 187 m or 614 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Mauléon is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. It is around 20 km south-east of Cholet, and around 70 km south-east of Nantes.
History
Mauléon was formed in 1965 by the merger of the two former communes of Châtillon and Saint-Jouin. The territory of the commune also includes the villages of La Chapelle-Largeau, Loublande, Moulins, Rorthais, Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre, Saint-Aubin-de-Baubigné and Le Temple
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