Mauléon, also known as Mauléon-Bocage () is a commune and town in the French department of Deux-Sèvres, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France. It is around 20 km southeast of Cholet, and around 70 km southeast of Nantes.
The commune is listed as a Village étape.
History Mauléon was formed in 1965 by the merger of the two former communes of Châtillon-sur-Sèvre and Saint-Jouin-sous-Châtillon.Modifications aux circonscriptions territoriales de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0044, 21 February 1965, pp. 1483-1485. In January 1973, Mauléon absorbed the former communes La Chapelle-Largeau, Loublande, Rorthais, Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre, Saint-Aubin-de-Baubigné, Le Temple and Moulins.Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0296, 20 December 1972, pp. 13168-13169. In January 1992 Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre was re-established as an independent commune.Arrêté du 16 décembre 1991 portant modification aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (création de communes), Légifrance.
Population Population data refer to the area corresponding with the commune as of January 2025.
See also Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department
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