Vendée
Vendée () 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.department in the
Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...
region
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in western
France
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.
Before the creation of the departments with the French Republic, under the French Kingdom, the parish of Cugand was part of "Marches Bretagne-Poitou" (joint possession) and of Brittany on the religious level (
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nantes
The Diocese of Nantes (; ; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Nantes, France. The diocese consists of the department of Loire-Atlantique. It has existed since the 4th century. It is now suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rennes, ...
).
It is part of the
urban unit
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of
Clisson ''For other uses, see Clisson (disambiguation)''
Clisson (; Gallo: ''Cliczon'', ), is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the region of Pays de la Loire, western France.
It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Sèvre Nan ...
.
Cugand merged with the adjacent commune of
La Bernardière
La Bernardière () is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It merged with the adjacent commune of Cugand on 1 January 2025 to form the commune of Cugand-la-Bernardière
Cugand-la-Bernard ...
on 1 January 2025 to form the commune of
Cugand-la-Bernardière
Cugand-la-Bernardière () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It was formed on 1 January 2025 by the merger of Cugand and La Bernardière.
Geography and climate
Cugand-la-Bernardière ...
, although it remains a delegated commune with its own mayor.
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 thr ...
, 28 km south-east of
Nantes
Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...
and 29 km south-west of
Cholet
Cholet (, probably from Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a commune of western France, in the Maine-et-Loire department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture, Angers. ...
.
Its neighboring
communes
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** Communes of ...
were:
* In
Vendée
Vendée () 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 former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It merged with the adjacent commune of Cugand on 1 January 2025 to form the commune of Cugand-la-Bernardière
Cugand-la-Bernard ...
**
La Bruffière
La Bruffière () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Vendée department
The following is a list of the 253 communes of the Vendée department of ...
*In
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Louére-Atantique''; ; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', ) is a departments of France, department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. ...
:
**
Clisson ''For other uses, see Clisson (disambiguation)''
Clisson (; Gallo: ''Cliczon'', ), is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the region of Pays de la Loire, western France.
It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Sèvre Nan ...
Saint-Hilaire-de-Clisson
Saint-Hilaire-de-Clisson (, literally ''Saint-Hilaire of Clisson''; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
The following is a list of the 207 c ...
Météo-France
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Oceanic climate
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and located in the "Bretagne Orientale et Méridionale, Pays Nantais, Vendée" climatic region where the amount of rainfall is low in the summer.
Population
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
Health
* Health Center Les Caducées
Schools
* Private elementary school St Michel / Jeanne d'Arc
* Public elementary school Jean Moulin
Culture
* Cugand library
Events
* "Festival de Cugand", world dance and music, folk bands of the all world, during four days in August (20,000 spectators in 2005 for the 7th festival edition); last edition held in 2018