Vaux, Vienne Explained

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.

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/2018/11/22/TERB1833534A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral