Chavenon
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Chavenon ( ; ) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.
Chavenon ( ; ) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.
History
The former name is Ecclesia de Cavenone, the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.
Population
Transportation
Chavenon station, on the railway between Montluçon and Moulins, was closed for passengers in 1972.
Government
The following table shows mayors of Chavenon.
Sights
St Martin's Church, Chavenon, a 12th-century building Castle Montgeorges, a 16th-century building Château de Saint-Hubert, 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 (18531–1937), painter Marie Desliens (1856–1938), painter
Heraldry
See also
Bourbonnais Communes of the Allier department
References
External links
Official site Versailles national school of landscape architecture
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