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Place details
- Locality
- Charroux
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,413
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Vienne
- Arrondissement
- Châtellerault
- Canton
- Civray
- Intercommunality
- Civraisien en Poitou
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Patrice Bosseboeuf
- Area
- 44.29 km (17.10 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,036
- Density
- 23.39/km (60.58/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 86061 /86250
- Elevation
- 115–178 m (377–584 ft) , (avg. 165 m or 541 ft)
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Encyclopedic overview
Charroux ( French pronunciation: [ʃaʁu]) is a commune in the Vienne department, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France.
The remains of the Benedictine Charroux Abbey, founded in the 8th century, are preserved in the town. Said to be the site of the Council of Charroux in 989 where the bishops of Aquitaine met to protect the immunity of the clergy and suggested that the church should guarantee that the poor might live in peace.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charroux” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.