Cuon
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| local community | Baugé-en-Anjou | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saumur | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 29 ′ N , 0 ° 6 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 49150 | |
| Former INSEE code | 49116 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Cuon is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune of Baugé-en-Anjou with 575 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the region of Pays de la Loire .
geography
Cuon is in the Baugeois countryside .
history
Cave dwellers in the area built a building on a high place made of field stones around 1070-1080, which was primarily intended to serve as a refuge from robbers. It was called la Grange (Eng. The barn) and gradually developed into a residential area that received a Romanesque church in the 12th century .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the municipalities of Bocé , Chartrené , Cheviré-le-Rouge , Clefs-Val-d'Anjou , Cuon , Échemiré , Fougeré , Le Guédeniau and Saint-Quentin-lès-Beaurepaire became part of the existing Commune nouvelle Baugé-en-Anjou integrated. The municipality of Cuon belonged to the Arrondissement of Saumur and the canton of Beaufort-en-Vallée (until 2015: canton of Baugé-en-Anjou ).
traffic
Cuon is located on the D 938 Baugé - Longué-Jumelles road . On this road, twelve kilometers south of the village, there is a driveway to the A85 car route .
Attractions
- Vaux manor behind the church
- opposite the church is the former horse changing station
Leisure and Tourism
Fishing pond, hiking trails, restaurant and sale of agricultural products.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de Maine-et-Loire . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-117-1 , pp. 243-244.
