Mauléon | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Mauléon (Deux-Sèvres).svg |
Arrondissement: | Bressuire |
Canton: | Mauléon |
Insee: | 79079 |
Postal Code: | 79700 |
Mayor: | Pierre-Yves Marolleau[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Bocage Bressuirais |
Coordinates: | 46.9236°N -0.7483°W |
Elevation M: | 187 |
Elevation Min M: | 104 |
Elevation Max M: | 226 |
Area Km2: | 120.64 |
Mauléon, also known as Mauléon-Bocage (pronounced as /fr/) 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.
Mauléon was formed in 1965 by the merger of the two former communes of Châtillon-sur-Sèvre and Saint-Jouin-sous-Châtillon.[2] In January 1973, Mauléon absorbed the former communes La Chapelle-Largeau, Loublande, Rorthais, Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre, Saint-Aubin-de-Baubigné, Le Temple and Moulins.[3] In January 1992 Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre was re-established as an independent commune.[4]