Chauvigny
Sign in to saveChauvigny (; Poitevin: Chôvigni) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
OverviewAI-generated
Chauvigny is a commune in the Vienne department of France, situated within the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Chauvigny and is located near the Vienne river. The town shares borders with Archigny, Bonnes, Chapelle-Viviers, and Fleix. Its postal code is 86300, and it has an area of 95.82 square kilometers.
The population of Chauvigny is recorded as 7,182, comprising 3,312 males and 3,737 females. Another source lists the population as 7,526. The commune was established on February 1, 1973. It is twinned with Trino, Geisenheim, Banfora, and Billericay. The elevation of the town is 67 meters.
Synthesized by Vinony from 42 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Weather now
cached 11h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Chauvigny
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 7,526
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Chauvigny
- French commune.native name
- Chôvigni (Poitevin–Saintongeais)
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Chauvigny (Vienne).svg
- French commune.image
- ChauvignyVueGenerale.jpg
- French commune.caption
- A general view of Chauvigny
- French commune.arrondissement
- Montmorillon
- French commune.canton
- Chauvigny
- French commune.INSEE
- 86070
- French commune.postal code
- 86300
- French commune.mayor
- Gérard Herbert
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CU Grand Poitiers
- French commune.elevation min m
- 61
- French commune.elevation max m
- 149
- French commune.area km2
- 95.82
via Wikipedia infobox
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Population
- Sights
- Economy
- See also
- References
- External links
Chauvigny (; Poitevin: Chôvigni) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
Chauvigny is located east of Poitiers by rail. The town is situated overlooking the river Vienne and a small brook. Chauvigny is twinned with Billericay in Essex, England.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chauvigny” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
On the map
2 mapped locations