Chauvigny

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Commune of Chauvigny View of Chauvigny
Location
Longitude	00° 38' 51" E
Latitude	56° 34' 10" N
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	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 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).

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.

Contents 1 Sights 2 Economy 3 External links 4 Reference

[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.

[edit] External links

• Site Internet de la Ville de Chauvigny
• Informations Office de Tourisme de Chauvigny

• Société chauvinoise de philosophie
• Spectacle animalier: Les géants du Ciel
• Aéro-Club de Chauvigny
• IREO - Institut de Formation de Chauvigny
• Cinema in Chauvigny
• Union Sportive de Tir de Chauvigny
• Romanes.com: Collégiale
• Chauvigny sur le site de l'Institut géographique national

• Aerial views

[edit] Reference

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.