Chervettes
Part of La Devise in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Location of Chervettes
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46°03′08″N 0°42′24″W / 46.0522°N 0.7067°W / 46.0522; -0.7067
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Chervettes (French pronunciation: [ʃɛʁvɛt]) is a former commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of La Devise.[2]
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 84 | — |
1968 | 121 | +44.0% |
1975 | 105 | −13.2% |
1982 | 103 | −1.9% |
1990 | 95 | −7.8% |
1999 | 124 | +30.5% |
2008 | 128 | +3.2% |
Geography
The commune was located near Surgères, Rochefort, and Saint-Jean-d'Angély.
Neighboring communes
History
An old viticultural commune, Chervettes was marked by an old viticultural properties with a closed heart. Since the outbreak of phylloxera at the end of the 19th century, the commune subsisted three small areas of winery. The church known as Notre-Dame-de-l’Assumption was first constructed in the 15th century. Around the commune, Chiron features an 18th-century built mill.
See also
References
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