Chassenon

Chassenon
Commune
Chassenon
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Chassenon
Coordinates: 45°51′11″N 0°45′56″E / 45.8531°N 0.7656°E / 45.8531; 0.7656Coordinates: 45°51′11″N 0°45′56″E / 45.8531°N 0.7656°E / 45.8531; 0.7656
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente
Arrondissement Confolens
Canton Charente-Vienne
Intercommunality Haute-Charente
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Pierre Reynaud
Area1 23.48 km2 (9.07 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 895
 • Density 38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 16086 /16150
Elevation 150–262 m (492–860 ft)
(avg. 220 m or 720 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Chassenon is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

History

The ancient name of the village was Cassinomagus.

Situated on the Agrippan Way (Lyon - Saintes), Cassinomagus was, in the Roman times, important enough to be mentioned on the mediaeval Peutinger map as one of the two secondary towns between Limoges and Saintes. The remains of this Gallo-Roman town lay on about 300 hectares and include a sanctuary of about 25 hectares. This sanctuary consisted of several monuments: a big temple, two small ones, a theatre (amphitheatre ?), and thermal baths. The baths, which are very well preserved, can be visited.

Impactite resulting from the Rochechouart crater asteroid impact event, quarried north-west of Rochechouart near Chassenon, was the stone principally used in the building of the monumental Roman baths of Cassinomagus.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17931,040—    
18001,000−3.8%
18061,049+4.9%
18211,081+3.1%
18311,025−5.2%
18411,008−1.7%
18461,018+1.0%
18511,110+9.0%
18561,077−3.0%
18611,022−5.1%
18661,049+2.6%
1872994−5.2%
18761,032+3.8%
18811,099+6.5%
18861,142+3.9%
18911,173+2.7%
18961,169−0.3%
19011,176+0.6%
19061,148−2.4%
19111,188+3.5%
19211,080−9.1%
19261,041−3.6%
19311,133+8.8%
1936983−13.2%
19461,063+8.1%
19541,013−4.7%
19621,097+8.3%
19681,072−2.3%
1975982−8.4%
19821,023+4.2%
1990964−5.8%
1999903−6.3%
2008895−0.9%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cécile Doulan et al., eds, Dossier: Cassinomagus: l'agglomération et ses thermes. Résultats des recherches récentes (2003-2010) à Chassenon (Charente) (Bordeaux: Fédération Aquitania, 2012. ISBN 2-910763-32-3. Offprint from Aquitania vol. 28, 2012)
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