Chervettes

Chervettes
Chervettes
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Chervettes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Tonnay-Boutonne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Georges Philippot
Area1	3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	128
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17103 / 17380
Elevation	13–32 m (43–105 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Chervettes is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Poitou-Charentes region in southwestern France.

Neighboring communes

• Puyrolland

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	84	—
1968	121	+44.0%
1975	105	−13.2%
1982	103	−1.9%
1990	95	−7.8%
1999	124	+30.5%
2008	128	+3.2%

Geography

The commune is located near Surgères, Rochefort, and Saint-Jean-d'Angély.

History

An old viticultural commune, Chervettes is 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.

Tourism

Its touristic activity are mainly restrained, notably on the important development project over the user of the old motorcycle and the collection called Surbier 2, the public aura of possibilities ensembles the rare pieces of the Italian origin. The Chinese moto are all placed in merit with the special room that prevents humidity. The particularity of the project makes up of possible use for the terrain specially with the upgraded adapted technology. One of them was introduced in 2007.

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Chervettes on the Quid site
• Location of Chervettes on the map of France