Chassenon

Chassenon
Commune
The church in Chassenon
Coat of arms
Location of Chassenon
Chassenon Chassenon
Coordinates: 45°51′11″N 0°45′56″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Vienne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Reynaud
Area 1	23.48 km2 (9.07 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	849
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16086 /16150
Elevation	150–262 m (492–860 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chassenon 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 baths, which are very well preserved, can be visited.

Impactite resulting from the Rochechouart crater asteroid impact event, quarried north-west of Rochechouart near Chassenon, was the stone principally used in the building of the monumental Roman baths of Cassinomagus.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,040 —     1800 1,000 −3.8% 1806 1,049 +4.9% 1821 1,081 +3.1% 1831 1,025 −5.2% 1841 1,008 −1.7% 1846 1,018 +1.0% 1851 1,110 +9.0% 1856 1,077 −3.0% 1861 1,022 −5.1% 1866 1,049 +2.6% 1872 994 −5.2% 1876 1,032 +3.8% 1881 1,099 +6.5% 1886 1,142 +3.9% 1891 1,173 +2.7% 1896 1,169 −0.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,176 +0.6% 1906 1,148 −2.4% 1911 1,188 +3.5% 1921 1,080 −9.1% 1926 1,041 −3.6% 1931 1,133 +8.8% 1936 983 −13.2% 1946 1,063 +8.1% 1954 1,013 −4.7% 1962 1,097 +8.3% 1968 1,072 −2.3% 1975 982 −8.4% 1982 1,023 +4.2% 1990 964 −5.8% 1999 903 −6.3% 2008 895 −0.9%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department
• Rochechouart crater