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

Before the creation of the departments with the French Republic, under the French Kingdom, the parish of Cugand was part of "Marches Bretagne-Poitou" (joint possession) and of Brittany on the religious level (Roman Catholic Diocese of Nantes).

It is part of the urban unit of Clisson.

Cugand merged with the adjacent commune of La Bernardière on 1 January 2025 to form the commune of Cugand-la-Bernardière, although it remains a delegated commune with its own mayor.

Geography

Cugand is located along the Sèvre Nantaise, 28km south-east of Nantes and 29km south-west of Cholet.

Its neighboring communes were:

In Vendée

• La Bernardière

• La Bruffière

In Loire-Atlantique :

• Clisson

• Gétigné

• Saint-Hilaire-de-Clisson

• Boussay

Climate

In 2020, Météo-France has published a typology of the climates of Metropolitan France in which Cugand is exposed to an Oceanic climate and located in the "Bretagne Orientale et Méridionale, Pays Nantais, Vendée" climatic region where the amount of rainfall is low in the summer.

Population

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

Health

• Health Center Les Caducées

Schools

• Private elementary school St Michel / Jeanne d'Arc

• Public elementary school Jean Moulin

Culture

• Cugand library

Events

• "Festival de Cugand", world dance and music, folk bands of the all world, during four days in August (20,000 spectators in 2005 for the 7th festival edition); last edition held in 2018

References