Mauléon, Deux-Sèvres

Mauléon
Mauléon
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Mauléon
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement	Bressuire
Canton	Mauléon
Intercommunality	Delta-Sèvre-Argent
Mayor	Daniel Amiot (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	104–226 m (341–741 ft) (avg. 187 m/614 ft)
Land area1	120.64 km2 (46.58 sq mi)
Population2	8,110  (2006)
- Density	67 /km2 (170 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	79079/ 79700
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 46°55′25″N 0°44′54″W / 46.9236111111°N 0.748333333333°W / 46.9236111111; -0.748333333333

Mauléon is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. It is around 20 km south-east of Cholet, and around 70 km south-east of Nantes.

History

Mauléon was formed in 1965 by the merger of the two former communes of Châtillon and Saint-Jouin. 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

See also

• Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department

References

• INSEE