Chervettes Explained

Chervettes
Arrondissement:Rochefort
Canton:Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Insee:17103
Postal Code:17380
Commune:La Devise
Coordinates:46.0522°N -0.7067°W
Elevation M:25
Elevation Min M:13
Elevation Max M:32
Area Km2:3.98
Population:182
Population Date:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]

Chervettes (in French pronounced as /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]

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

Notes and References

  1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2017/9/29/INTB1730922A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral