Vaux | |
Arrondissement: | Montmorillon |
Canton: | Lusignan |
Insee: | 86278 |
Postal Code: | 86700 |
Commune: | Valence-en-Poitou |
Coordinates: | 46.2983°N 0.2219°W |
Elevation M: | 120 |
Elevation Min M: | 106 |
Elevation Max M: | 151 |
Area Km2: | 25.84 |
Population: | 785 |
Population Date: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Vaux (in French pronounced as /vo/) or Vaux-en-Couhé (in French pronounced as /vo ɑ̃ ku.e/) is a former commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Valence-en-Poitou.[2]
Its inhabitants are called the Valois and Valoises. It covered 25.8 km2 and had 785 inhabitants in 2019.[1] Surrounded by the communes of Chatillon, Romagna and Ceaux-en-Couhé, Vaux is located 33 km southwest of Poitiers, the largest city nearby.