Baccon

Baccon
region	Center-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Orleans
Canton	Beaugency
Community association	Terres du Val de Loire
Coordinates	47 ° 54 '  N , 1 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '  N , 1 ° 38'  E
height	99-131 m
surface	33.02 km 2
Residents	690 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	21 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	45130
INSEE code	45019
Website	http://mairiebaccon.fr/

Baccon is a French municipality with 690 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Orléans and the canton Beaugency (until 2015: canton Meung-sur-Loire ). The inhabitants are called Bacconais .

geography

Baccon is located about twenty kilometers west of Orléans on the Mauves (also: Mauve de la Détourbe ). Baccon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Charsonville in the north and north-west, Coulmiers in the north-east, Huisseau-sur-Mauves in the east, Meung-sur-Loire in the south-east, Le Bardon in the south, Cravant in the south and south-west, Villermain in the west and south-west and Beauce la Romaine with Ouzouer-le-Marché to the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Residents	472	431	433	517	568	629	631	723
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Old picture of the Touanne Castle

• Dolmen Les Mouïse, Monument historique since 1979
• Tumulus La Vallée de Thorigny, Monument historique since 1980
• Saint-Quentin church from the 18th century
• Touanne Castle
• La Renardière Castle
• 15th century house

Web links

Commons : Baccon  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files