Baugé-en-Anjou

Baugé-en-Anjou (French pronunciation: [boʒe ɑ̃.n‿ɑ̃ʒu] ^ⓘ, 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-Martin-d'Arcé and Le Vieil-Baugé, which became communes déléguées (lit. "delegated communes"). Its center is Baugé.^[3] On 1 January 2016, it was further expanded with the former communes Bocé, Chartrené, Cheviré-le-Rouge, Clefs-Val d'Anjou, Cuon, Échemiré, Fougeré, Le Guédeniau and Saint-Quentin-lès-Beaurepaire.^[4] Clefs-Val d'Anjou was the result of the merger, on 1 January 2013, of the former communes Clefs and Vaulandry.^[5]

Baugé-en-Anjou
Commune
The Château of Baugé
Location of Baugé-en-Anjou
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Coordinates: 47°32′31″N 0°06′11″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Saumur
Canton	Beaufort-en-Anjou
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Chalopin[1]
Area 1	268.25 km2 (103.57 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	11,747
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	49018 /49150
Elevation	27–102 m (89–335 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	10,864	—
1975	10,313	−0.74%
1982	10,441	+0.18%
1990	10,329	−0.13%
1999	10,516	+0.20%
2007	11,232	+0.83%
2012	11,833	+1.05%
2017	11,892	+0.10%
2020	11,735	−0.44%
Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou at 1 January 2020. Source: INSEE[6]

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department