Chavenon
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Commune of Chavenon |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne |
| Department | Allier |
| Arrondissement | Montluçon |
| Canton | Montmarault |
| Intercommunality | Région de Montmarault |
| Mayor | Bernard Madet (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 265 m–416 m (avg. 365 m) |
| Land area¹ | 17,47 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
159 |
| - Density | 9/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| 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 sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Chavenon is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.
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[edit] Geography
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[edit] History
The former name is "Ecclesia de Cavenone"[1], the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.
[edit] Government
The following table shows mayors of Chavenon.
| NAME | START | END | NOTES |
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| Bernard Madet | 2001 | 2008 | |
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
[edit] Monuments
- Saint-Martin Church[2], which is an 11th century and 12th century building
- Castle Montgeorges, which is a 16th century building
- Manor of Saint hubert, 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 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.
- Manor of Sceauve, which is a former fief.
[edit] Famous people
[edit] Natives
[edit] Part-time residents
- A portrait of the General Louis-Auguste Camus de Richemont baron d'Empire was in the Manor of Saint Hubert. He was a relative of the former owner[3].
[edit] 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
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- Portal:European Union
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Quoted for the first time as Ecclesia de Cavenone by (French)Nicolas de Nicolay 1517-1583.
- ^ (French)Chavenon dans la base Mérimée.
- ^ M. Pierre Camus(23 March 1845-29 August 1905),who is related to the général (French)Louis-Auguste Camus de Richemont (French)baron d'Empire.
[edit] External links
- (French)Town hall
- (English)Versailles national school of landscape architecture
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