Baugé-en-Anjou (, literally ''Baugé in

Anjou Anjou may refer to: Geography and titles France *County of Anjou, a historical county in France and predecessor of the Duchy of Anjou **Count of Anjou, title of nobility *Duchy of Anjou, a historical duchy and later a province of France **Duke ...

'') is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the

Maine-et-Loire Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indre-e ...

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in western

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. This new commune was created on 1 January 2013 from the merger of five former communes,

Baugé Baugé () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire ''département'' in western France. On 1 January 2013, it was merged with the former communes of Montpollin, Pontigné, Saint-Martin-d'Arcé and Le Vieil-Baugé to create the commune of Baugé-en ...

Montpollin Montpollin () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire ''département'' in western France. On 1 January 2013, it was merged with the former communes of Baugé, Pontigné, Saint-Martin-d'Arcé and Le Vieil-Baugé to create the commune of Baugé- ...

Pontigné Pontigné () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire ''département'' in western France. On 1 January 2013, it was merged with the former communes of Baugé, Montpollin, Saint-Martin-d'Arcé and Le Vieil-Baugé to create the commune of Baugé- ...

Saint-Martin-d'Arcé Saint-Martin-d'Arcé () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire ''département'' in western France. On 1 January 2013, it was merged with the former communes of Baugé, Montpollin, Pontigné and Le Vieil-Baugé to create the commune of Baugé-e ...

and

Le Vieil-Baugé Le Vieil-Baugé () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire ''département'' in western France. On 1 January 2013, it was merged with the former communes of Baugé, Montpollin, Pontigné and Saint-Martin-d'Arcé to create the commune of Baugé-en ...

, which became ''communes déléguées'' (lit. "delegated communes"). Its center is Baugé.Préfecture de Maine-et-Loire
Arrêté n° 2012090-0002 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Baugé en Anjou
, du 30 mars 2012 On 1 January 2016, it was further expanded with the former communes

Bocé Bocé () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou.Chartrené Chartrené () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou.Cheviré-le-Rouge Cheviré-le-Rouge () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou.Cuon The dhole (''Cuon alpinus''; ) is a canid native to Central, South, East and Southeast Asia. Other English names for the species include Asian wild dog, Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, red wolf, and mountain wolf. It ...

, Échemiré, Fougeré,

Le Guédeniau Le Guédeniau () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou.Saint-Quentin-lès-Beaurepaire Saint-Quentin-lès-Beaurepaire () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou.Clefs A clef (from French: 'key') is a Musical notation, musical symbol used to indicate which Musical note, notes are represented by the lines and spaces on a musical staff (music), stave. Placing a clef on a stave assigns a particular pitch to ...

and

Vaulandry Vaulandry () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. In January 2013 it merged with Clefs to form the commune of ''Clefs-Val d'Anjou'', which merged into the commune Baugé-en-Anjou on 1 January 2016.

.Arrêté
19 November 2012

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