Baugé-en-Anjou (, literally ''Baugé in
Anjou'') is a
commune in the
Maine-et-Loire
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department in western
France
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. 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.
[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,
Chartrené,
Cheviré-le-Rouge, ''Clefs-Val d'Anjou'',
Cuon
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,
Échemiré,
Fougeré,
Le Guédeniau and
Saint-Quentin-lès-Beaurepaire. ''Clefs-Val d'Anjou'' was the result of the merger, on 1 January 2013, of the former communes
Clefs and
Vaulandry.
Arrêté
19 November 2012
Population
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 176 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France
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References
Communes of Maine-et-Loire
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