Baugé () is a former commune 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, Indr ...

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...

'' in western

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. 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-Anjou Baugé-en-Anjou (, 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 ...

.Préfecture de Maine-et-Loire
Arrêté n° 2012090-0002 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Baugé en Anjou
, du 30 mars 2012 Since then it is a ''commune déléguée'' of this commune.

Geography and transport

Baugé is located 40 km east of

Angers Angers (, , ;) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Duchy of Anjou, Anjou until the French Revolution. The i ...

, 280 km from

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, and 70 km from

Tours Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabita ...

. Bus connections are available at

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railway stations in

Saumur Saumur () is a Communes of France, commune in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department in western France. The town is located between the Loire and Thouet rivers, and is surrounded by the vineyards of Saumur itself, Chinon, Bourgu ...

, La Flèche and

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. The closest airport is Angers - Loire Airport, while the larger

Tours Loire Valley Airport Tours Val de Loire Airport () is an airport in the French Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire, north-northeast of the city of Tours in the Loire Valley (''Val de Loire''). The airport is located partly on the territory of the co ...

is also within easy driving distance.

Culture

The annual festival Opéra de Baugé is held near the town.

History

The

Battle of Baugé The Battle of Baugé, fought between the English and a Franco- Scots army on 22 March 1421 at Baugé, France, east of Angers, was a major defeat for the English in the Hundred Years' War. The English army was led by the king's brother Thom ...

was fought on the bridge here in 1421. The 14th century Château de Baugé is located in the centre of the town, as is a 16th-century apothecary. The town has several

Roman roads Roman roads ( ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Em ...

. Baugé is the twin town of Milngavie (near Glasgow) in Scotland and of Kelsterbach in Germany.

Population

Politics

The centre-right candidate Philippe Chalopin defeated the incumbent Guy Delepine in the 2008 mayoral elections. In the 2007 presidential elections, Baugé supported

Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa ( ; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. In 2021, he was found guilty of having tried to bribe a judge in 2014 to obtain information ...

References

External links

Town website

Golf de Baugé
Former communes of Maine-et-Loire {{MaineLoire-geo-stub