Chavenon Explained

Chavenon (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Chavanon) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.

History

The former name is Ecclesia de Cavenone,^[2] the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.

Transportation

Chavenon station, on the railway between Montluçon and Moulins, was closed for passengers in 1972.

Government

The following table shows mayors of Chavenon.

Name	Start	End
Bernard Madet	2001	2008
Jean-Pierre Delsaux	2008	2014
François Tarian	2014	current

Sights

• Saint-Martin Church,^[3] which is a 12th-century building

See main article: St Martin's Church, Chavenon.

• Castle Montgeorges, which is a 16th-century building
• Manor of Saint Hubertus, which is 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.

See main article: Watermill of Veaux.

• Manor of Sceauve, which is a former fief.

Personalities

Born in Chavenon:

• Cécile Desliens (1853–1937), painter
• Marie Desliens (1856–1938), painter

See also

• Bourbonnais
• Communes of the Allier department

External links

• Official site
• Versailles national school of landscape architecture

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. Quoted for the first time as Ecclesia de Cavenone by Nicolas de Nicolay 1517-1583.
3. Eglise Saint-Martin