Chauvigné (French pronunciation: [ʃoviɲe]; Breton: Kelvinieg; Gallo: Chauveinyaé) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Chauvigné
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 The church of Chauvigné | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Chauvigné  | |
  Chauvigné  Chauvigné | |
| Coordinates: 48°22′36″N 1°27′32″W / 48.3767°N 1.4589°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Fougères-Vitré |
| Canton | Val-Couesnon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Henri Rault[1] |
Area 1 | 17.71 km2 (6.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 812 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 35075 /35490 |
| Elevation | 30–107 m (98–351 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editChauvigné is located at 38 km (24 mi) northeast of Rennes and 30 km (19 mi) south of the Mont Saint-Michel.
The communes bordering are Tremblay, Saint-Marc-le-Blanc, Le Tiercent, Saint-Christophe-de-Valains, Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon and Romazy.
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 741 | — |
| 1975 | 704 | −0.73% |
| 1982 | 617 | −1.87% |
| 1990 | 566 | −1.07% |
| 1999 | 575 | +0.18% |
| 2009 | 770 | +2.96% |
| 2014 | 849 | +1.97% |
| 2020 | 807 | −0.84% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Inhabitants of Chauvigné are called Chauvignéens in French.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chauvigné.
- Geography of Brittany
- The page of the commune on infobretagne.com
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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