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 (in French pronounced as /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.
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