Chavenon

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Chavenon
Commune
The church in Chavenon
Location of Chavenon
Chavenon Location within France Show map of France Chavenon Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 46°24′53″N 2°56′50″E / 46.4147°N 2.9472°E / 46.4147; 2.9472
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Montluçon
Canton	Commentry
Intercommunality	Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	François Tarian
Area 1	17.47 km2 (6.75 sq mi)
Elevation	365 m (1,198 ft)
Highest elevation	416 m (1,365 ft)
Lowest elevation	265 m (869 ft)
Population  (2023)	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
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

The former name is Ecclesia de Cavenone, the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.

Population

Transportation

Chavenon station, on the railway between Montluçon and Moulins, was closed for passengers in 1972.

Government

The following table shows mayors of Chavenon.

Sights

• St Martin's Church, Chavenon, 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 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

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.

See also

• Bourbonnais
• Communes of the Allier department

References

External links

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• (in French) Official site
• (in English) Versailles national school of landscape architecture

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