Chauvigné

Chauvigné (Breton: Kelvinieg, Gallo: Chauveinyaé) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Chauvigné Kelvinieg
Commune
The church of Chauvigné
Coat of arms
Location of Chauvigné
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Coordinates: 48°22′36″N 1°27′32″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	Antrain
Intercommunality	Antrain
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Henri Rault
Area ^1	17.71 km^2 (6.84 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	845
• Density	48/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35075 /35490
Elevation	30–107 m (98–351 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Chauvigné is located at 38 km (24 mi) northeast of Rennes and 30 km (19 mi) south of the Mont Saint-Michel.

The communes bordering are Tremblay, Saint-Marc-le-Blanc, Le Tiercent, Saint-Christophe-de-Valains, Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon and Romazy.

Population

Inhabitants of Chauvigné are called Chauvignéens in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	972	—
1800	934	−3.9%
1806	946	+1.3%
1821	937	−1.0%
1831	971	+3.6%
1836	976	+0.5%
1841	938	−3.9%
1846	1,047	+11.6%
1851	1,156	+10.4%
1856	1,165	+0.8%
1861	1,204	+3.3%
1866	1,229	+2.1%
1872	1,292	+5.1%
1876	1,267	−1.9%
1881	1,208	−4.7%
1886	1,204	−0.3%
1891	1,200	−0.3%
1896	1,180	−1.7%
1901	1,129	−4.3%
1906	1,194	+5.8%
1911	1,172	−1.8%
1921	1,057	−9.8%
1926	964	−8.8%
1931	987	+2.4%
1936	959	−2.8%
1946	887	−7.5%
1954	840	−5.3%
1962	789	−6.1%
1968	741	−6.1%
1975	704	−5.0%
1982	617	−12.4%
1990	566	−8.3%
1999	575	+1.6%
2008	770	+33.9%

See also

• Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Geography of Brittany
• The page of the commune on infobretagne.com
• The data base Mérimée - the French architectural heritage