Chavenon
Chavenon (French pronunciation: [ʃavnɔ̃]; Occitan: Chavanon) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.
Chavenon | |
|---|---|
 The church in Chavenon | |
Location of Chavenon | |
  Chavenon  Chavenon | |
| Coordinates: 46°24′53″N 2°56′50″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Allier |
| Arrondissement | Montluçon |
| Canton | Commentry |
| Intercommunality | Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | François Tarian[1] |
| Area 1 | 17.47 km2 (6.75 sq mi) |
| Population | 135 |
| • Density | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 03070 /03440 |
| Elevation | 265–416 m (869–1,365 ft) (avg. 365 m or 1,198 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
The former name is Ecclesia de Cavenone,[3] the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.
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% |
| 2012 | 129 | −11.0% |
Transportation
Government
The following table shows mayors of Chavenon.
| Name | Start | End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Madet | 2001 | 2008 | |
| Jean-Pierre Delsaux | 2008 | 2014 | |
| François Tarian | 2014 | current |
Sights
- 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.
- Watermill of Veaux on the river Aumance (the last one on this French river). The Aumance is a tributary of the Cher. This mill is on the Cassini map.
- 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
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- Quoted for the first time as Ecclesia de Cavenone by (in French) Nicolas de Nicolay 1517-1583.
- Base Mérimée: PA00093056, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Eglise Saint-Martin
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chavenon.
- (in French) Official site
- (in English) Versailles national school of landscape architecture
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