Chervettes

Chervettes 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]

Chervettes
Part of La Devise
Location of Chervettes
Chervettes
Chervettes
Coordinates: 46°03′08″N 0°42′24″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
ArrondissementRochefort
CantonSaint-Jean-d'Angély
CommuneLa Devise
Area
1
3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
166
  Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
17380
Elevation13–32 m (43–105 ft)
(avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
196284    
1968121+44.0%
1975105−13.2%
1982103−1.9%
199095−7.8%
1999124+30.5%
2008128+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.

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