Chavenon
| Chavenon | |
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The church in Chavenon | |
  Chavenon | |
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Location within Auvergne region  Chavenon | |
| Coordinates: 46°24′53″N 2°56′50″E / 46.4147°N 2.9472°ECoordinates: 46°24′53″N 2°56′50″E / 46.4147°N 2.9472°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne |
| Department | Allier |
| Arrondissement | Montluçon |
| Canton | Montmarault |
| Intercommunality | Région de Montmarault |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Pierre Delsaux |
| Area1 | 17.47 km2 (6.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 145 |
| • Density | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 03070 / 03440 |
| Elevation |
265–416 m (869–1,365 ft) (avg. 365 m or 1,198 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Chavenon is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.
History
The former name is Ecclesia de Cavenone,[1] the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.
Population
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 302 | — |
| 1968 | 304 | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 235 | −22.7% |
| 1982 | 179 | −23.8% |
| 1990 | 155 | −13.4% |
| 1999 | 159 | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 145 | −8.8% |
Transportation
Government
The following table shows mayors of Chavenon.
| Name | Start | End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Madet | 2001 | 2008 | |
| Jean-Pierre Delsaux | 2008 |
Sights
Main article: Saint-Martin Church
- Castle Montgeorges, which is a 16th-century building
- Manor of Saint Hubertus, which is a 19th-century mansion and now a Russian orthodox monastery with a park drawn by the landscape gardener François-Marie Treyve.
Main article: Château de Saint-Hubert (Chavenon)
- Watermill of Veaux on the Aumance River (the last one on this French river). The Aumance River is a tributary of the Cher River. This mill is on the Cassini map.
Main article: Watermill of Veaux
- Manor of Sceauve, which is a former fief.
Personalities
Born in Chavenon:
- Cécile Desliens (1853–1937), painter
- Marie Desliens (1856–1938), painter
See also
- Auvergne (province), the historical independent county and later French province
- Auvergne (région), the modern-day administrative région, larger than the historical province of Auvergne, as it includes other provinces as Bourbonnais which historically were not part of Auvergne.
- Bourbonnais
- Portal:France
- Portal:European Union
- Communes of the Allier department
References
- ↑ Quoted for the first time as Ecclesia de Cavenone by (French) Nicolas de Nicolay 1517-1583.
- ↑ (French) Chavenon dans la base Mérimée.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chavenon. |
- (French) Official site
- (English) Versailles national school of landscape architecture
