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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Étusson
|arrondissement         = Bressuire
|canton                 = Mauléon
|INSEE                  = 79113
|postal code            = 79150
|commune                = Saint-Maurice-Étusson
|coordinates            = {{coord|47.0153|-0.5131|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 116
|elevation min m        = 93
|elevation max m        = 156
|area km2               = 20.97
|population             = 336
|population date        = 2019
|population footnotes   = <ref name=pop2019>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019], [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]</ref>
}}
'''Étusson''' ({{IPA|fr|etysɔ̃}}) is a former [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Deux-Sèvres]] [[Departments of France|department]] in western [[France]]. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune [[Saint-Maurice-Étusson]].<ref>[http://www.deux-sevres.gouv.fr/content/download/16172/138032/file/AP%20du%2024%2009%202015%20commune%20nouvelle%20de%20SAINT%20MAURICE%20ETUSSON-1.pdf Arrêté préfectoral] 24 September 2015 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
Between 1962 and 2006 the registered population declined from 461 to 299, reflecting the mechanisation of agriculture the took place during the period along with the shortage of alternative employment opportunities in this part of rural France.
==See also==
*[[Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department]]
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