Chef Boutonne
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
Arrondissement | Niort | |
Canton | Melle | |
Community association | Mellois en Poitou | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 7 ′ N , 0 ° 4 ′ W | |
height | 71-146 m | |
surface | 40.38 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,563 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 63 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 79110 | |
INSEE code | 79083 | |
Website | http://www.chef-boutonne.fr/ | |
Chef-Boutonne town hall |
Chef-Boutonne is a French commune with 2,563 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Niort and the Canton of Melle (until 2015: Canton Chef-Boutonne ).
It was created as the Commune nouvelle of the same name with effect from January 1, 2019 by merging the previous municipalities of Chef-Boutonne , La Bataille , Crézières and Tillou , which have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Chef-Boutonne .
structure
District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population as of January 1, 2017 |
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La Bataille | 79027 | 6.28 | 81 |
Chef-Boutonne (administrative headquarters) | 79083 | 19.81 | 2,108 |
Crézières | 79107 | 4.25 | 38 |
Tillou | 79330 | 10.04 | 336 |
geography
Chef-Boutonne is about 61 kilometers southwest of Poitiers and about 38 kilometers southeast of Niort . The Boutonne River has its source here . Chef-Boutonne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Alloinay with Gournay-Loizé in the north and northeast, Valdelaume with Ardilleux in the east and southeast, Loubigné in the south, La Bataille in the southwest, Fontenille-Saint-Martin-d'Entraigues in the west and Tillou in the northwest .
The former Routes nationales 737 and 740 (today's D737 and 740) run through the municipality .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Decree of the Prefecture on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Chef-Boutonne of 9 September 2018.
- ↑ current population according to INSEE