Cherves-Châtelars

Cherves-Châtelars ; Cherves-Chastelars
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Bonnieure
Community association	Charente limousine
Coordinates	45 ° 49 ′ N , 0 ° 33 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 49 ′ N , 0 ° 33 ′ E
height	125-313 m
surface	30.68 km 2
Residents	413 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	16310
INSEE code	16096
	; Town hall (Mairie) of Cherves-Châtelars

Cherves-Châtelars ( Occitan : Cherves-Chastelars ) is a French municipality with 413 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Confolens and the canton Charente-Bonnieure (until 2015: canton Montembœuf ).

geography

Cherves-Châtelars is located about 35 kilometers northeast of Angoulême . Cherves-Châtelars is surrounded by the neighboring communities

Suaux in the north and north-west,
Terres-de-Haute-Charente with Mazières in the north and Genouillac in the north and northeast,
Lésignac-Durand in the east,
Mouzon in the east and southeast,
Le Lindois in the southeast,
Montembœuf in the south,
Vitrac-Saint-Vincent to the west and south-west.

Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Pierre church in Cherves from the 12th century, a historic monument since 1930

Remains of the priory church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Châtelars, monument historique since 1923

Le Châtelars Castle

Le Gazon Castle

There is a partnership with the French municipality of Wittring in the Moselle department (Lorraine).

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