Chervettes
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Commune of Chervettes |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Poitou-Charentes |
Department | Charente-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély |
Canton | Canton of Tonnay-Boutonne |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 13 m–32 m (avg. 25 m) |
Land area¹ | 3.98 km² |
Population² (1999) |
124 |
- Density | 31/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 17103/ 17380 |
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Chervettes is a commune in the canton of Courçon of the Charente-Maritime department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.
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[edit] Bounding commune
[edit] Population
Year | Population | Change | Density | Percent of the canton |
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1962 | 84 | - | - | - |
1968 | 121 | - | - | - |
1975 | 105 | - | - | - |
1982 | 103 | - | - | - |
1990 | 95 | - | - | - |
1999 | 124 | - | /km² | % |
[edit] Geography
The commune is located by the proximity of Surgères and Rochefort and Saint-Jean-d'Angély.
The communal area presents a large buildingthat goes from 20 to 28 m in height. The commune is strongly marked by an agricultural area that makes up of cereal crops. The drainage canal can be seen in the area. The agricultural countyrside includes the settlemenets of Chiron and Fief Rolland. The structure concentrates in the town north of the area. It compromises 82.5% of the population in 1999. The rest of the area compromises the two hamlets of Fief Rolland-Varzay (partly in the commune of Puyrolland) and Chiron.
[edit] History
An old viticultural commune, Chervettes is marked by an old viticultural properties with a closed heart. Since the outbreak of phylloxera at the end of the 19th century, the commune subsisted three small areas of winery. The church known as Notre-Dame-de-l’Assumption was first constructed in the 15th century. Around the commune, Chiron features a 18th century built mill.
[edit] Tourism
Its touristic activity are mainly restrained, notably on the important developoment project over the user of the old motorcycle and the collection called Surbier 2, the public aura of posibilities ensembles the rare pieces of the Italian origin. The Chinese moto are all placed in merit with the special room that prevents humidity. The particularity of the project makes up of possbile use for the terrain specially with the upgraded adapted technology. One of them was introduced in 2007.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Chervettes on the l'Institut Géographique National site
- Chervettes in the INSEE site
- Chervettes on the Quid site
- Location of Chervettes in the map of France