Chauvigny
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Commune of Chauvigny View of Chauvigny |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 00° 38' 51" E |
| Latitude | 56° 34' 10" N |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Poitou-Charentes |
| Département | Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Montmorillon |
| Canton | Chauvigny |
| Mayor | Gérard Herbert (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 61 m–149 m (avg. m) |
| Land area¹ | 95,82 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
7,025 |
| - Density (1999) | 73,3/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 86070/ 86300 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Chauvigny is a commune of the Vienne département, in western France.
Chauvigny is located 20 miles east of Poitiers by rail. The town is finely situated overlooking the Vienne River and a small brook.
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[edit] Sights
Chauvigny features two interesting Romanesque churches, both restored in modern times. There are also ruins of a château of the bishops of Poitiers, and of several other strongholds.
Near Chauvigny is the curious bone-cavern of Jioux, the entrance to which is fortified by large blocks of stone.
[edit] Economy
The town carries on limeburning and plaster-manufacture, and there are stone quarries in the vicinity. Trade is in wool and feathers.
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[edit] Reference
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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