Valdivienne
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Montmorillon | |
| Canton | Chauvigny | |
| Community association | Vienne et Gartempe | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 30 ' N , 0 ° 38' E | |
| height | 64-149 m | |
| surface | 61.24 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,747 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 45 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86300 | |
| INSEE code | 86233 | |
| Website | http://www.valdivienne.fr/ | |
Valdivienne is a western French municipality with 2747 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the arrondissement of Montmorillon and the canton of Chauvigny . The inhabitants are called Valdiviennois .
geography
Valdivienne is located about 25 kilometers south-east of Poitiers on the Vienne River , where the Dive flows into. Valdivienne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Chauvigny in the north and east, Chapelle-Viviers in the southeast, Civaux in the south, Lhommaizé in the southwest, Fleuré and Tercé in the west and Pouillé in the northwest.
history
In 1969 the municipality was formed by the merger of the municipalities of Morthemer , Salles-en-Toulon and Saint-Martin-la-Rivière .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,098 | 1,001 | 2,001 | 1.952 | 1.915 | 2,308 | 2,434 | 2,685 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame church in Morthemer, Romanesque building from the 11th and 12th centuries and a crypt from the 14th century, monument historique since 1908
- Notre-Dame church in Chapelle-Morthemer, built in the 11th century, reconstructions from the 12th, 15th and 19th centuries, monument historique since 1910
- Saint-Hilaire church in Salles-en-Toulon, built around 1100, monument historique since 1924/1988
- Saint-Martin church in Salles-en-Toulon from the 12th century
- Cubord chapel from the 13th century, historique monument since 1924
- Le Pas-de-Saint-Martin chapel from the 17th century
- Grand Cross at Morthemer Cemetery, Monument historique since 1986
- Morthemer Castle from the 12th century, monument historique since 1927
- Old town houses and half-timbered houses from the 15th to 17th centuries
- La Donalière castle from the 17th century
- Le Touche Barrault mansion, built in 1663
- Earlier mills
Donjon of the castle complex Schloss Morthemer
Saint-Hilaire church
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vienne. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-128-7 , pp. 159-179.
