Avanton
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Poitiers | |
| Canton | Migné auxances | |
| Community association | Haut-Poitou | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 40 ′ N , 0 ° 18 ′ E | |
| height | 98-132 m | |
| surface | 10.8 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,175 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 201 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86170 | |
| INSEE code | 86016 | |
| Website | http://www.avanton.fr/ | |
Avanton is a French village with 2,175 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Poitiers and the canton of Migné-Auxances (until 2015: canton of Neuville-de-Poitou ). The inhabitants are called Avantonnais .
geography
Avanton is about nine kilometers north-northwest of Poitiers . Avanton is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vendeuvre-du-Poitou in the north, Jaunay-Clan in the northeast, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou in the east and southeast, Migné-Auxances in the south, Cissé in the west and Neuville-de-Poitou in the north-west.
The former Route nationale 757 runs through the municipality .
history
In 1844, Avanton's sheet gold cone from the late Bronze Age was found here.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 570 | 640 | 817 | 1,120 | 1,164 | 1,414 | 1,808 | 1,871 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Laurent-des-Anges church from the 14th century
- Avanton Castle, originally built from a command of the Order of St. John in the 14th century, has been a monument historique since 1927
- Pigeon tower
