Chassenard
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Moulins | |
| Canton | Dompierre-sur-Besbre | |
| Community association | Le Grand Charolais | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 26 ' N , 3 ° 59' E | |
| height | 222-281 m | |
| surface | 25.12 km 2 | |
| Residents | 989 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03510 | |
| INSEE code | 03063 | |
| Website | http://www.chassenard.com/ | |
Chassenard is a French municipality with 989 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Moulins (until 2017 Vichy ) and the canton of Dompierre-sur-Besbre (until 2015 Le Donjon ).
geography
Chassenard is about 63 kilometers east-southeast of Moulins on the edge of the Charolais landscape on the Loire . Chassenard is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Digoin in the north and northeast, Varenne-Saint-Germain in the east, Saint-Yan in the east and southeast, L'Hôpital-le-Mercier in the southeast, Luneau in the south, and Saint-Léger-sur-Vouzance in the West and south-west and Molinet to the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 867 | 888 | 855 | 959 | 1,017 | 923 | 898 | 974 | 969 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Chassenard
- Saint-Georges church from the 12th century, monument historique since 2001
- Coming of the Order of St. John
- La Croix Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 230-234.
