Chassenon
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| Commune of Chassenon | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 00° 45' 56" E |
| Latitude | 45° 51' 11" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Confolens |
| Canton | Chabanais |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Haute-Charente |
| Mayor | Gilles Raynaud (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 150 m–262 m (avg. 220 m) |
| Land area¹ | 23.48 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
903 |
| - Density (1999) | 38/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 16086/ 16150 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² 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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Chassenon is a village and commune of the Charente département in France.
[edit] History
The ancient name of the village was Cassinomagus.
Situated on the Agrippan Way (Lyon - Saintes), Cassinomagus was, in the Roman times, important enough to be mentioned on the Peutinger mediaeval map as one of the two secondary towns between Limoges and Saintes. The remains of this Gallo-Roman town lay on about 300 hectares and include a sanctuary of about 25 hectares. This sanctuary consisted of several monuments : a big temple, two small ones, a theatre (amphitheatre ?), and thermal baths. The baths, which are very well preserved, can be visited.
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