Chauvency-le-Château

Chauvency-le-Château
Chauvency-le-Château
Location within Lorraine region  Chauvency-le-Château
Administration
Country	France
Region	Lorraine
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Verdun
Canton	Canton of Montmédy
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du pays de Montmédy
Mayor	Claude Lallemand (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	172–327 m (564–1,073 ft) (avg. 181 m/594 ft)
Land area1	8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population2	243  (1999)
- Density	28 /km2 (73 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	55109/ 55600
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: 49°31′11″N 5°18′38″E / 49.5197222222°N 5.31055555556°E / 49.5197222222; 5.31055555556

Chauvency-le-Château

Chauvency-le-Château is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

The Chauvency tournament took place in 1285 ; the story of the tournament has been told by trouvère Jacques Bretel, and is kept in a manuscript (reference: Douce 308) at the Bodleian Library.

See also

• Communes of the Meuse department