Chassenon
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Chassenon
|commune status = Commune
|image = Chassenon - Eglise.JPG
|caption = The church in Chassenon
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Chassenon (Charente).svg
|arrondissement = Confolens
|canton = Charente-Vienne
|INSEE = 16086
|postal code = 16150
|mayor = Jean-Marie Lebarbier{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality =
|coordinates = {{coord|45.8531|0.7656|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 220
|elevation min m = 150
|elevation max m = 262
|area km2 = 23.48
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Chassenon ({{IPA|fr|ʃasnɔ̃}}; {{langx|oc|Chassanom}}) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
History
The ancient name of the village was Cassinomagus.
Situated on the Agrippan Way (Lyon - Saintes), Cassinomagus was, in the Roman times, important enough to be mentioned on the mediaeval Peutinger map as one of the two secondary towns between Limoges and Saintes. The remains of this Gallo-Roman town lay on about 300 hectares and include a sanctuary of about 25 hectares. This sanctuary consisted of several monuments: a big temple, two small ones, a theatre (amphitheatre ?), and thermal baths. The Chassenon baths, which are very well preserved, can be visited.
The impactite, which is part of the Rochechouart impact structure, was quarried north-west of Rochechouart near Chassenon, was the stone principally used in the building of the monumental Roman baths of Cassinomagus.Cécile Doulan et al., eds, Dossier: Cassinomagus: l'agglomération et ses thermes. Résultats des recherches récentes (2003-2010) à Chassenon (Charente) (Bordeaux: Fédération Aquitania, 2012. {{ISBN|2-910763-32-3}}. Offprint from Aquitania vol. 28, 2012)
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-16086#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |1072
|1975 |982
|1982 |1023
|1990 |964
|1999 |903
|2009 |887
|2014 |872
|2020 |857
}}
See also
References
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