Vaux, Vienne

Vaux or Vaux-en-Couhé is a former commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Valence-en-Poitou.[2]

Vaux
The church in Vaux
Location of Vaux
Vaux
Vaux
Coordinates: 46°17′54″N 0°13′19″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentVienne
ArrondissementMontmorillon
CantonLusignan
CommuneValence-en-Poitou
Area
1
25.84 km2 (9.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
797
  Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
86700
Elevation106–151 m (348–495 ft)
(avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vaux is a small French village, situated in the department of Vienne and the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Its inhabitants are called the Valois and Valoises. The municipality covers 25.8 km ² and has 732 inhabitants since the last census from 2004. With a density of 28.3 inhabitants per km ², Vaux saw a sharp increase of 16.2% of its population over the 1999 census. Surrounded by the municipalities of Chatillon, Romagna and Ceaux en Couhé, Vaux is located 33 km southwest of Poitiers, the largest city nearby.

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 22 November 2018 (in French)



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