Chauvency-le-Château

Chauvency-le-Château
Commune
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Coordinates: 49°31′11″N 5°18′38″E / 49.5197°N 5.3106°E / 49.5197; 5.3106Coordinates: 49°31′11″N 5°18′38″E / 49.5197°N 5.3106°E / 49.5197; 5.3106
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Verdun
Canton	Montmédy
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Daniel Regnauld
Area 1	8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	242
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	55109 /55600
Elevation	172–327 m (564–1,073 ft) (avg. 181 m or 594 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chauvency-le-Château

Chauvency-le-Château (French pronunciation: ​[ʃovɑ̃si l(ə) ʃɑto]) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

The Chauvency tournament [fr] took place in 1285. The story of the tournament has been told by trouvère Jacques Bretel, and is kept in a manuscript (reference: Douce 308) at the Bodleian Library.

See also[]

• Communes of the Meuse department

References[]

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