| GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION | CLOSEST TOWNS | |||
| Town | Baugé | Le Vieil-Baugé at 1.9 km (3 min) | ||
| Insee code | 49018 | Saint-Martin-d'Arcé at 2.8 km (3 min) | ||
| Postcode | 49150 | Bocé at 5.3 km (6 min) | ||
| Latitude | 47.5410190 | Pontigné at 5.3 km (6 min) | ||
| Longitude | -0.1012340 | Échemiré at 5.3 km (6 min) | ||
| Altitude | From 41 to 102 meters | Montpollin at 7.4 km (8 min) | ||
| Surface | 8.55 km² | Cuon at 7.6 km (8 min) | ||
| Population | 3511 inhabitants | Le Guédéniau at 7.9 km (9 min) | ||
| Density | 416 inhabitants/km² | Cheviré-le-Rouge at 8.7 km (10 min) | ||
| National label | ![]() | Fontaine-Guérin at 9.7 km (11 min) | ||
| Chief town | Angers (at 43 km, 38 min) | Vaulandry at 9.9 km (11 min) | ||
| Department | Maine-et-Loire | Sermaise at 10.2 km (11 min) | ||
| Region | Pays de la Loire | Search another town | ||
| LOCATION |
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| TOWN PRESENTATION |
Bauge and Baugeois are between the valleys of the Loire and the Loir in Anjou. Bauge is 35 km from Saumur and 40 miles from Angers. The location is ideal for exploring the Loire Valley and its castles.
Bauge-the-young is born in the 11th century by the willingness of third Nerra Fulk. This Count of Anjou, whose heir build the powerful Plantagenet dynasty, established an imposing fortress at the confluence of Altre Couasnon and, on a promontory now leveled. Fourteen years after the brilliant victory of the Franco-Scottish troops on the chivalry of the Duke of Clarence, 22 March 1421, the Duchess Yolande of Aragon was forced to burn the citadel to prevent the English settled there. His son, Duke René of Anjou, heir to a ruin. In 1454, he decided to build a new castle built on the ramparts of the ancient wall. It gives a boost to the city, when his nephew Louis of Anjou 11th attaches to the Crown in 1471.
| SIGHTSEEING |
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| Information points | Tourist Office of Baugé |
| Leisure centres | Golf Course of Baugé-Pontigné, Museum of Art and History of Baugé |
| Monuments | Castle of Grésillon, Church Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Laurent, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital of Baugé, Law Court of Baugé, Private Mansion Mabille-Duchêne, Private Mansion Maillard, Private Mansion of the Cèdres |
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| LINKS |
| www.bauge.fr | City Bauge |
| www.chateau-bauge.fr | Chateau de Bauge |
| www.cc-canton-bauge.com | Community of Municipalities of the Canton of Bauge |
| millenairedebauge.fr | Millennium Bauge |
| RELATED ARTICLES | |
| Maine-et-Loire travel guide | Best places of the Maine-et-Loire |
| Pays de la Loire travel guide | Best places of Pays de la Loire |
| Photos of the Maine-et-Loire | Photos of the Maine-et-Loire to view and download |
| Photos of Pays de la Loire | Photos of Pays de la Loire to view and download |
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