Cugnon
Cugnon | |
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Cugnon Location in Belgium | |
Coordinates: Coordinates: 49°48′12″N 5°12′18″E / 49.80333°N 5.20500°E | |
Country | Belgium |
Region | Wallonia |
Community | French Community |
Province | Luxembourg |
Arrondissement | Neufchâteau |
Municipality | Bertrix |
Postal codes | 6880 |
Area codes | 087 |
Cugnon is a district of the Belgian municipality of Bertrix, Wallonia, in the province of Luxembourg.
It was a municipality in its own right before the merger of the municipalities in 1977. Cugnon merged under the French Community with Muno.
, Géripont and Mortehan. It was separated from Auby-sur-Semois on 30 July 1899 and in 1964 annexed the hamlet of Thibauroche, detached fromEtymology[]
Cugnon comes from the following:
Chez (Latin casae “at home” = French chez) Congidunus (Celtic surname, cf. the Breton king Cogidunus cited by Tacitus in Agricola, or the Gallic Conconnetodunnus, cited by L. Roger; this name contains the Gallic duno “pregnant” and the Celtic adjective * connios “clever, end”).[1][2]
Notable people[]
- Hubert Pierlot was born in Cugnon
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External links[]
- Media related to Cugnon at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Bertrix
- Former municipalities of Luxembourg (Belgium)
- Populated places in Luxembourg (Belgium)
- Belgian Luxembourg geography stubs