Chavenon (; oc, Chavanon) is a

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in the Allier department in

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in central

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History

The former name is ''Ecclesia de Cavenone'',Quoted for the first time as Ecclesia de Cavenone by

Nicolas de Nicolay Nicolas de Nicolay, Sieur d'Arfeville & de Belair, (1517–1583) of the Nicolay (family) was a French geographer. Biography Born at la Grave in Oisans, in the Dauphiné, he left France in 1542 to participate in the siege of Perpignan which was ...

1517-1583. the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the

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Population

Transportation

* Gare de Chavenon

Government

The following table shows mayors of Chavenon.

Sights

*Saint-

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Church, Eglise Saint-Martin which is a 12th-century building * Castle Montgeorges, which is a 16th-century building *Manor of Saint

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, which is a 19th-century mansion and now a Russian

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with a park drawn by the landscape gardener

François-Marie Treyve François-Marie Treyve (1847–1906) was a French landscape gardener. Life Treyve originated from Trévoux. He was trained by his father-in-law, Joseph Marie. In the 1880s he was appointed Inspector of Parks and Gardens of Vichy. He took over from ...

. *

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on the river Aumance (the last one on this French river). The Aumance is a tributary of the Cher. This mill is on the

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. * Manor of Sceauve, which is a former

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Personalities

Born in Chavenon: * Cécile Desliens (1853–1937), painter * Marie Desliens (1856–1938), painter

References

External links

Official site

Communes of Allier Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Allier-geo-stub