Cugnon

Cugnon
Cugnon
	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 [fr], Géripont and Mortehan. It was separated from Auby-sur-Semois on 30 July 1899 and in 1964 annexed the hamlet of Thibauroche, detached from Muno.

Etymology[]

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

Notes[]

References[]

^ Carnoy, A. (1948). Origines des noms des communes de Belgique. 2 (Éditions Universitas ed.). Louvain.
^ (1986). Les noms des communes de Wallonie (Crédit communal ed.). Bruxelles.

External links[]

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[1] Carnoy, A. (1948). Origines des noms des communes de Belgique. 2 (Éditions Universitas ed.). Louvain.

[2] (1986). Les noms des communes de Wallonie (Crédit communal ed.). Bruxelles.

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Cugnon

Cugnon Location in Belgium
Coordinates: Coordinates: 49°48′12″N 5°12′18″E / 49.80333°N 5.20500°E / 49.80333; 5.20500
Country	Belgium
Region	Wallonia
Community	French Community
Province	Luxembourg
Arrondissement	Neufchâteau
Municipality	Bertrix
Postal codes	6880
Area codes	087