Mauléon, Deux-Sèvres

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Mauléon

(2020–2026) Pierre-Yves Marolleau^[1]Area

120.64 km² (46.58 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

8,597 • Density71/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

79079 /79700

Elevation104–226 m (341–741 ft)
(avg. 187 m or 614 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mauléon, also known as Mauléon-Bocage (French pronunciation: [moleɔ̃ bɔkaʒ]) is a commune and town in the French department of Deux-Sèvres, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France. It is around 20 km southeast of Cholet, and around 70 km southeast of Nantes.

History

Mauléon was formed in 1965 by the merger of the two former communes of Châtillon-sur-Sèvre and Saint-Jouin-sous-Châtillon. The territory of the commune also includes the villages of La Chapelle-Largeau, Loublande, Moulins, Rorthais, Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre, Saint-Aubin-de-Baubigné and Le Temple

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	6,710	—
1975	6,991	+0.59%
1982	7,234	+0.49%
1990	7,514	+0.48%
1999	7,327	−0.28%
2007	7,885	+0.92%
2012	8,354	+1.16%
2017	8,519	+0.39%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE