Cugand (French pronunciation: [kyɡɑ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Cugand | |
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 A replica of the Lourdes Grotto | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Cugand  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°03′47″N 1°15′12″W / 47.0631°N 1.2533°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Canton | Mortagne-sur-Sèvre |
| Intercommunality | CA Terres de Montaigu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Cécile Barreau[1] |
| Area 1 | 13.47 km2 (5.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,685 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 85076 /85610 |
| Elevation | 13–71 m (43–233 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Before the creation of the departments with the French Republic, under the French Kingdom, the parish of Cugand was part of "Marches Bretagne-Poitou" (joint possession) and of Brittany on the religious level (Roman Catholic Diocese of Nantes).
It is part of the urban unit of Clisson.[3]
The commune of Cugand will merge with the nearby commune of La Bernardière in 2025 to form the commune of Cugand-La Bernardière.
Geography
editCugand is located along the Sèvre Nantaise, 28 km south-east of Nantes and 29 km south-west of Cholet.
Its neighboring communes are:
Climate
editIn 2020, Météo-France has published a typology of the climates of Metropolitan France in which Cugand is exposed to an Oceanic climate and located in the "Bretagne Orientale et Méridionale, Pays Nantais, Vendée" climatic region where the amount of rainfall is low in summer and the insolation is good.[4]
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2,199 | — |
| 1975 | 2,425 | +1.41% |
| 1982 | 2,525 | +0.58% |
| 1990 | 2,627 | +0.50% |
| 1999 | 2,776 | +0.61% |
| 2010 | 3,269 | +1.50% |
| 2015 | 3,448 | +1.07% |
| 2021 | 3,685 | +1.11% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Local life
editSport
edit- Sportive Union Bernardière Cugand : football division
- Basketball Association Cugand Bernardière : basketball division
- St Michel Handball : handball division
- "Les raquettes Cugandaises" : tennis division
- Athlétisme Mingot Association : athletics division
- TTAL Cugand : table tennis division
Health
edit- Health Center Les Caducées
Schools
edit- Private elementary school St Michel / Jeanne d'Arc
- Public elementary school Jean Moulin
Culture
edit- Cugandan library
- World dance and music festival
Events
edit- "Festival de Cugand", world dance and music, folk bands of the all world, during 4 days in August (20,000 spectators in 2005 for the 7th festival edition)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Commune de Cugand (85076), INSEE
- ^ archive.wikiwix.com https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http://pluiesextremes.meteo.fr/france-metropole/Un-peu-de-geographie.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
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