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Chavenon
ChavenonAdministration Country France Region Auvergne Department Allier Arrondissement Montluçon Canton Montmarault Intercommunality Région de Montmarault Mayor Jean-Pierre Delsaux
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 265–416 m (869–1,365 ft)
(avg. 365 m/1,198 ft)Land area1 17.47 km2 (6.75 sq mi) Population2 145 (2008) - Density 8 /km2 (21 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 03070/ 03440 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. Coordinates: 46°24′53″N 2°56′50″E / 46.4147222222°N 2.94722222222°E
Chavenon is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.
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History
The former name is Ecclesia de Cavenone[1], the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.
Population
Historical population of Chavenon 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 302 304 235 179 155 159 145 Transportation
- Gare de Chavenon
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
Natives
- 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
- (French)Official site
- (English)Versailles national school of landscape architecture
Categories:- Communes of Allier
- Allier geography stubs
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