Mauléon, Deux-Sèvres
Appearance
Mauléon | |
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Coordinates: 46°55′25″N 0°44′54″W / 46.9236°N 0.7483°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Deux-Sèvres |
Arrondissement | Bressuire |
Canton | Mauléon |
Intercommunality | CA Bocage Bressuirais |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre-Yves Marolleau[1] |
Area 1 | 120.64 km2 (46.58 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 8,597 |
• Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
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. |
Mauléon, also known as Mauléon-Bocage (French pronunciation: [moleɔ̃ bɔkaʒ]) is a commune and town in the French department of Deux-Sèvres, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France. It is around 20 km southeast of Cholet, and around 70 km southeast of Nantes.
History
Mauléon was formed in 1965 by the merger of the two former communes of Châtillon-sur-Sèvre and Saint-Jouin-sous-Châtillon. 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
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 6,710 | — |
1975 | 6,991 | +0.59% |
1982 | 7,234 | +0.49% |
1990 | 7,514 | +0.48% |
1999 | 7,327 | −0.28% |
2007 | 7,885 | +0.92% |
2012 | 8,354 | +1.16% |
2017 | 8,519 | +0.39% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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