Chabanais
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Chabanais | |
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 Route nationale 141 | |
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 Location of Chabanais | |
  Chabanais  Chabanais | |
| Coordinates: 45°52′30″N 0°43′14″E / 45.875°N 0.7206°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Confolens |
| Canton | Charente-Vienne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Boutant[1] |
Area 1 | 15.01 km2 (5.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,589 |
| • Density | 105.9/km2 (274.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 16070 /16150 |
| Elevation | 148–250 m (486–820 ft) (avg. 156 m or 512 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Chabanais (French pronunciation: [ʃabanɛ]; Occitan: Chabanès) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
The commune is listed as a Village étape.[3]
The river Vienne passes through Chabanais. The village is located in the Rochechouart impact structure. The ancient asteroid impact crater associated with it has eroded away and is no longer visible. Located in the heart of the Charente, Chabanais is 42 km west of Limoges, 50 km northeast of Angoulême, 77 km north of Périgueux, and 84 km southeast of Poitiers.
The town is small enough to be considered a large village, and it boasts an open-air market every Thursday, adding to a number of small, privately owned shops. The town has a rail station connecting with Limoges to the east and Angoulême to the west.
