Chavenon

Chavenon
Commune
The church in Chavenon
Location of Chavenon
Chavenon Show map of France Chavenon Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 46°24′53″N 2°56′50″E / 46.4147°N 2.9472°E / 46.4147; 2.9472
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Montluçon
Canton	Commentry
Intercommunality	Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Tarian1
Area 1	17.47 km2 (6.75 sq mi)
Population  (2023)2	140
• Density	8.0/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03070 /03440
Elevation	265–416 m (869–1,365 ft) (avg. 365 m or 1,198 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chavenon (French pronunciation: [ʃavnɔ̃]; Occitan: Chavanon) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.

The former name is Ecclesia de Cavenone,³ the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.

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

The following table shows mayors of Chavenon.

• St Martin's Church, Chavenon,⁵ 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 Veaux⁶ 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.

Born in Chavenon:

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

French: De sinople à la fasce ondée d'argent chargée d'une bande ondée d'azur surchargée de l'inscription «CHAVENON» en lettre capitales d'argent, le tout accompagnée en pointe de saint Martin à cheval du même et en chef d'un boeuf arrêté aussi d'argent adextré d'un épi de maïs d'or et senestré d'une gerbe de blé du même.