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Chavenon | |
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 The church in Chavenon | |
 Location of Chavenon | |
  Chavenon Location within France  Chavenon Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Coordinates: 46°24′53″N 2°56′50″E / 46.4147°N 2.9472°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Allier |
| Arrondissement | Montluçon |
| Canton | Commentry |
| Intercommunality | Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2026–32) | François Tarian[1] |
Area 1 | 17.47 km2 (6.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 140 |
| • Density | 8.0/km2 (21/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. | |
Chavenon (French pronunciation: [ʃavnɔ̃]; Occitan: Chavanon) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.
History
[edit]The former name is Ecclesia de Cavenone,[3] the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 304 | — |
| 1975 | 235 | −3.61% |
| 1982 | 179 | −3.81% |
| 1990 | 155 | −1.78% |
| 1999 | 159 | +0.28% |
| 2007 | 142 | −1.40% |
| 2012 | 129 | −1.90% |
| 2017 | 134 | +0.76% |
| 2023 | 140 | +0.73% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Transportation
[edit]Chavenon station, on the railway between Montluçon and Moulins, was closed for passengers in 1972.
Government
[edit]The following table shows mayors of Chavenon.
| Name | Start | End |
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| Bernard Madet | 2001 | 2008 |
| Jean-Pierre Delsaux | 2008 | 2014 |
| François Tarian | 2014 | current |
Sights
[edit]- St Martin's Church, Chavenon,[5] a 12th-century building
- Castle Montgeorges, a 16th-century building
- Château de Saint-Hubert, a 19th-century mansion and now a Russian orthodox monastery with a park drawn by the landscape gardener François-Marie Treyve
- Watermill of Veaux[6] 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
[edit]Born in Chavenon:
- Cécile Desliens (1853–1937), painter
- Marie Desliens (1856–1938), painter
Heraldry
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French: De sinople à la fasce ondée d'argent chargée d'une bande ondée d'azur surchargée de l'inscription «CHAVENON» en lettre capitales d'argent, le tout accompagnée en pointe de saint Martin à cheval du même et en chef d'un boeuf arrêté aussi d'argent adextré d'un épi de maïs d'or et senestré d'une gerbe de blé du même.
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Quoted for the first time as Ecclesia de Cavenone by (in French) Nicolas de Nicolay 1517-1583.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ Base Mérimée: PA00093056, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Eglise Saint-Martin
- ↑ "Les Veaux". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
External links
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- (in French) Official site
- (in English) Versailles national school of landscape architecture
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