Cuon (French pronunciation: [kɥɔ̃] (listen)) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou.[2] Its population was 557 in 2019.[1]

Cuon
Part of Baugé-en-Anjou
Location of Cuon
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Coordinates: 47°28′44″N 0°06′01″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Saumur
Canton	Baugé
Commune	Baugé-en-Anjou
Area 1	13.13 km2 (5.07 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	557
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	49150
Elevation	36–91 m (118–299 ft) (avg. 54 m or 177 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Cuon was the site of settlements during the Neolithic and Gallo-Roman periods. It was a seigneurie and parish in the eleventh century.

Sights

• Menhir de Pierrefitte
• Château de La Graffinière (fifteenth century), restored during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
• Old manors (farms) of Cussé, Vaux, La Genneveselière (sixteenth century)

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department

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References

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