Cugand () is a

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in the

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in the

Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" (). ...

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in western

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. It is part of the

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Clisson Clisson (; br, Klison), is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is situated at the confluence of the Sèvre Nantaise and the Moine southeast of Nantes. The town and the celebrat ...

.Commune de Cugand (85076)
INSEE

Geography

Cugand is located along the

Sèvre Nantaise The Sèvre Nantaise () is a river in the Pays de la Loire regions in western France. It is a left-bank tributary of the Loire. Its total length is . Its source is in the Deux-Sèvres department, near Secondigny. It flows from south to north thro ...

. Its neighboring

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are: * In

Vendée Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.

La Bernardière La Bernardière () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. See also *Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Vendée department of France. The com ...

La Bruffière La Bruffière () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. See also * Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Vendée department of France. The comm ...

*In

Loire-Atlantique Loire-Atlantique (; br, Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', br, Liger-Izelañ, link=no) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population o ...

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Gétigné Gétigné (; Gallo: ''Jestniyaé'', br, Yestinieg) is a commune in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It was part of the Brittany-Poitou Marches, and is located in the Nantes vineyard. It forms ...

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** Boussay

Local life

Sport

* Sportive Union Bernardière Cugand : football division * Basketball Association Cugand Bernardière : basketball division * St Michel Handball : handball division * "Les raquettes Cugandaises" : tennis division * Athlétisme Mingot Association : athletics division * TTAL Cugand : table tennis division

Schools

* Private elementary school St Michel / Jeanne d'Arc * Public elementary school Jean Moulin

Culture

* Cugandan library * World dance and music festival

Events

* "Festival de Cugand", world dance and music, folk bands of the all world, during 4 days in August ( 20 000 spectators in 2005 for the 7th festival edition)