Chauvigny

Chauvigny
A general view of Chauvigny
Coat of arms
Chauvigny
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Chauvigny
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Montmorillon
Canton	Chauvigny
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Gérard Herbert
Area1	95.82 km2 (37.00 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	7,050
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	86070 / 86300
Elevation	61–149 m (200–489 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Chauvigny is a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.

Chauvigny is located 20 miles (32 km) east of Poitiers by rail. The town is situated overlooking the Vienne River and a small brook. Chauvigny is twinned with Billericay in Essex, England.

Sights

Chauvigny features two interesting Romanesque churches, both restored in modern times. There are also ruins of a château of the bishops of Poitiers, and of several other strongholds.

Near Chauvigny is the curious bone-cavern of Jioux, the entrance to which is fortified by large blocks of stone.

Economy

The town carries on limeburning and plaster-manufacture, and there are stone quarries in the vicinity. Trade is in wool and feathers.

See also

• Communes of the Vienne department

References

• INSEE

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External links

• Official site
• Tourism
• Philosophical Society
• Spectacle animalier: Les géants du Ciel
• Flying club
• IREO - Institut de Formation de Chauvigny
• Shooting club
• Romanes.com
• Aerial views