Chavenon

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 (1853–1937), 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