Baugé-en-Anjou
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
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Baugé-en-Anjou (French pronunciation: [boʒe ɑ̃.n‿ɑ̃ʒu] ⓘ, literally Baugé in Anjou) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. This new commune was created on 1 January 2013 from the merger of five former communes, Baugé, Montpollin, Pontigné, Saint-Martin-d'Arcé and Le Vieil-Baugé, which became communes déléguées (lit. "delegated communes"). Its center is Baugé.[3] On 1 January 2016, it was further expanded with the former communes Bocé, Chartrené, Cheviré-le-Rouge, Clefs-Val d'Anjou, Cuon, Échemiré, Fougeré, Le Guédeniau and Saint-Quentin-lès-Beaurepaire.[4] Clefs-Val d'Anjou was the result of the merger, on 1 January 2013, of the former communes Clefs and Vaulandry.[5]
Baugé-en-Anjou | |
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The Château of Baugé | |
 Location of Baugé-en-Anjou | |
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| Coordinates: 47°32′31″N 0°06′11″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Saumur |
| Canton | Beaufort-en-Anjou |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Chalopin[1] |
Area 1 | 268.25 km2 (103.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 11,712 |
| • Density | 43.661/km2 (113.08/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 49018 /49150 |
| Elevation | 27–102 m (89–335 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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