Vaux | |
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Part of Valence-en-Poitou | |
Coordinates: 46°17′54″N 0°13′19″E / 46.2983°N 0.2219°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Vienne |
Arrondissement | Montmorillon |
Canton | Lusignan |
Commune | Valence-en-Poitou |
Area 1 | 25.84 km2 (9.98 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | 785 |
• Density | 30/km2 (79/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 86700 |
Elevation | 106–151 m (348–495 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Vaux (French pronunciation: [vo] ) or Vaux-en-Couhé ([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.