Chasseneuil-du-Poitou

Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
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The centre of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
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Chasseneuil-du-Poitou is located in France
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
Coordinates: 46°39′07″N 0°22′23″E / 46.6519°N 0.3731°E / 46.6519; 0.3731
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentVienne
ArrondissementPoitiers
CantonChasseneuil-du-Poitou
IntercommunalityCU Grand Poitiers
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Claude Eidelstein[1]
Area
1
17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
4,767
 • Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
86062 /86360
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (French pronunciation: [ʃasnœj dy pwatu], literally Chasseneuil of Poitou) is a commune in the Vienne department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France.

It lies 7 km north of the centre of Poitiers. Its inhabitants are called the Chasseneuillais.

Chasseneuil-du-Poitou is the home of the Parc du Futuroscope, and the Technopole du Futuroscope, making up part of the École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique de Poitiers (English: Poitiers' National superior school of mechanics and aeronautics).[3]

Former French Prime Minister and Senator Jean-Pierre Raffarin served as assistant to the Mayor between 1995 and 2001.[4]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "La Technopole du Futuroscope" [The Technopole of Futuroscope]. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  4. ^ "La biographie de Jean-Pierre Raffarin" [The biography of Jean-Pierre Raffarin] (in French). Government of France.