The name gives rise to the most fanciful etymologies. There is the historical version: cur current? ("why are they running?"), attributed to Julius Caesar, seeing the stampede of the inhabitants against his legions. The geological version is based on the Saint-Michel hill, whose summit is reminiscent of a monk's cuculle. There remains the Kur root, common to other places in France and which means eminence. This village where it is good to live, would date from the 11th century. It was first mentioned under the name of Castrum Cucurone in 1024. In 1400, it benefits from an autonomous government authorizing it to own a town hall, a belfry

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Vue du village de Cucuron VALÉRY D'AMBOISE

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