Monthoiron
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Châtellerault | |
| Canton | Chauvigny | |
| Community association | Grand Châtellerault | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 44 ' N , 0 ° 37' E | |
| height | 63-141 m | |
| surface | 16.66 km 2 | |
| Residents | 662 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 40 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86210 | |
| INSEE code | 86164 | |
| Website | http://monthoiron.a3w.fr/ | |
Monthoiron is a French municipality with 662 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the arrondissement of Châtellerault and the canton of Chauvigny (until 2015: canton of Vouneuil-sur-Vienne ) and the communal association Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Châtelleraudais . The inhabitants are called Beaumontois .
geography
Monthoiron is about eleven kilometers south-southeast of Poitiers . The ozone limits the community in the north. Monthoiron is surrounded by the neighboring communities Senillé in the north, Chenevelles in the east, Archigny in the south, Bonneuil-Matours in the south-west, Vouneuil-sur-Vienne in the west and Availles-en-Châtellerault in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 452 | 393 | 366 | 564 | 609 | 588 | 603 | 689 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Ambroise church from the 12th century
- Beauvais chapel, historic monument since 1994
- The Saint-Médard chapel in Asnières has been a monument historique since 1993.
- The castle and the domain of Monthoiron have been a monument historique since 1996. The ensemble also includes the ruins of a Renaissance tower that is being considered to have been built according to a design by Leonardo da Vinci .
Beauvais Chapel
Saint-Médard chapel
