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Chauvé
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Place details
- Locality
- Chauvé
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,822
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Chauvé
- French commune.native name
- (Gallo)
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Chauvé (France) - Panorama.jpg
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason chauvé44.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saint-Nazaire
- French commune.canton
- Pornic
- French commune.INSEE
- 44038
- French commune.postal code
- 44320
- French commune.mayor
- Pierre Martin
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz
- French commune.elevation min m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Haxo-les-Landes
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Saint-Nazaire
- Population
- +3070
- Area
- +40.98
- Elevation
- +24
- Shares border with
- Pornic
- Official website
- www.chauve.fr
- Image
- Chauvé (France) - Panorama.jpg
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Origin of the Name
- History
- Prehistory
- Gallo Roman Period
- Middle Ages
- 15th-16th Centuries
- 17th-18th Centuries
- Contemporary period
- Urbanisation
- Population
- See also
- References
Chauvé (; Gallo: Chauvàè, ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
Inhabited since prehistoric times, as evidenced by the numerous menhirs found there, Chauvé is located to the west of Loire-Atlantique, a few kilometers from the coast. The commune is part of historic Brittany, in the traditional region of the Pays de Retz and in the historic region of the Pays Nantais.