Mauléon is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Deux-Sèvres

Deux-Sèvres

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 department in western France

France

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. It is around 20 km south-east of Cholet

Cholet

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, and around 70 km south-east of Nantes

Nantes

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History

Mauléon was formed in 1965 by the merger of the two former communes of Châtillon and Saint-Jouin. 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