Cugand

Cugand is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Cugand
Commune
A replica of the Lourdes Grotto
Coat of arms
Location of Cugand
Cugand Show map of France Cugand Show map of Pays de la Loire
Coordinates: 47°03′47″N 1°15′12″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Joël Caillaud
Area ^1	13.47 km^2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,498
• Density	260/km^2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	85076 /85610
Elevation	13–71 m (43–233 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department

Geography

Cugand is located along the Sèvre Nantaise.

The Cugand's neighboring communes are :

• In Vendée
  • La Bernardière
  • La Bruffière
  • In Loire-Atlantique :
    • Clisson
    • Gétigné
    • Saint-Hilaire-de-Clisson
    • Boussay According to the 1999 Insee ranking, Cugand is an urban commune, one of the four of the Clisson urban area.

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)

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.