Chavenon

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Chavenon
Commune
The church in Chavenon
Location of Chavenon
(2020–2026)		François Tarian^[1]
Area ¹	17.47 km² (6.75 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	137
• Density	7.8/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.

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,^[3] the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	304	—
1975	235	−3.61%
1982	179	−3.81%
1990	155	−1.78%
1999	159	+0.28%
2009	141	−1.19%
2014	129	−1.76%
2020	135	+0.76%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Transportation

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

Government

The following table shows mayors of Chavenon.

Name	Start	End
Bernard Madet	2001	2008
Jean-Pierre Delsaux	2008	2014
François Tarian	2014	current

Sights

Saint-Martin Church,^[5] which is a 12th-century building

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Quoted for the first time as Ecclesia de Cavenone by (in French) Nicolas de Nicolay 1517-1583.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Base Mérimée: PA00093056, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Eglise Saint-Martin