Chassenon

Chassenon
Chassenon
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Chassenon
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Chabanais
Intercommunality	Haute-Charente
Mayor	Jean-Pierre Reynaud (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	150–262 m (490–860 ft) (avg. 220 m/720 ft)
Land area1	23.48 km2 (9.07 sq mi)
Population2	895  (2008)
- Density	38 /km2 (98 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16086/ 16150
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.

Coordinates: 45°51′11″N 0°45′56″E / 45.8530555556°N 0.765555555556°E / 45.8530555556; 0.765555555556

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.

Popualation

Historical population of Chassenon

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1841	1846	1851	1856	1861
1040	1000	1049	1081	1025	1008	1018	1110	1077	1022

1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906	1911
1049	994	1032	1099	1142	1173	1169	1176	1148	1188

1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982
1080	1041	1133	983	1063	1013	1097	1072	982	1023

1990	1999	2008
964	903	895

See also

• Communes of the Charente department
• Rochechouart crater

References

• INSEE