Chouppes
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Poitiers | |
| Canton | Loudun | |
| Community association | Haut-Poitou | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 49 ′ N , 0 ° 10 ′ E | |
| height | 79–157 m | |
| surface | 31.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 750 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 24 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86110 | |
| INSEE code | 86075 | |
Chouppes is a French commune of 750 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 Loudun (until 2015: canton of Monts-sur-Guesnes ). The inhabitants are called Chouppois .
geography
Chouppes is located about 29 kilometers north-northwest of Poitiers on the Sauves River . This is also where the Envigne rises . Chouppes is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Jean-de-Sauves in the north and north-west, Verrue in the north, Coussay in the north and north-east, Doussay in the north-east, Thurageau in the east and south-east, Mirebeau in the south and south-east, Amberre in the south, Cuhon in the Southwest and Mazeuil to the west and southwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 749 | 634 | 574 | 674 | 740 | 693 | 727 | 761 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Saturnin church from the 11th / 12th centuries Century, since 1925 Monument historique
- Marçay Castle with chapel, Monument historique since 1925
