Cugnon

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

Cugnon (French pronunciation: [kyɲɔ̃]) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Bertrix, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

History

It was a municipality in its own right before a merger in 1977. Cugnon merged under the French regime with Auby-sur-Semois, 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. Vol. 2 (Éditions Universitas ed.). Louvain.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Herbillon, Jules (1986). Les noms des communes de Wallonie (Crédit communal ed.). Bruxelles.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

Media related to Cugnon at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Carnoy, A. (1948). Origines des noms des communes de Belgique. Vol. 2 (Éditions Universitas ed.). Louvain.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2] Herbillon, Jules (1986). Les noms des communes de Wallonie (Crédit communal ed.). Bruxelles.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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