{{Infobox French commune |name = Chauvigny |native name = ''Chôvigni'' (Poitevin–Saintongeais) |commune status = Commune |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Chauvigny (Vienne).svg |image coat of arms size = |image = ChauvignyVueGenerale.jpg |caption = A general view of Chauvigny |arrondissement = Montmorillon |canton = Chauvigny |INSEE = 86070 |postal code = 86300 |mayor = Gérard Herbert<ref>{{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=4 May 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = CU Grand Poitiers |coordinates = {{coord|46.5694|0.6475|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = |elevation min m = 61 |elevation max m = 149 |area km2 = 95.82 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }} '''Chauvigny''' ({{IPA|fr|ʃoviɲi}}; Poitevin: ''Chôvigni'') is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
Chauvigny is located {{Convert|20|mi|km|0}} east of Poitiers by rail. The town is situated overlooking the river Vienne and a small brook. Chauvigny is twinned with Billericay in Essex, England.
The composer Fernand Lamy (1881–1966) was born in Chauvigny.
Chauvigny was among the places visited by Roger Fry the British artist, art critic and member of the Bloomsbury group in October 1911 when, after his visit to Paris to see the Salon d’Automne, he joined Clive Bell (husband of the celebrated English artist Vanessa Bell) and Duncan Grant (also a celebrated English artist) on a bicycle tour of the region to explore Romanesque churches. Fry produced a charming painting of Chauvigny
==Population== {{Historical populations |source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-86070#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |percentages = pagr |align = none |1968 |6653 |1975 |6686 |1982 |6565 |1990 |6658 |1999 |7025 |2007 |6895 |2012 |6962 |2017 |7049 |2023 |7007 }}
==Sights== Chauvigny features two interesting Romanesque churches, both restored in the 19th century. There are also ruins of a château of the bishops of Poitiers and of several other strongholds.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Chauvigny|volume=6|page=19}}</ref>
<gallery caption="Chauvigny - Romanesque church Saint-Pierre"> Chauvigny-Saint-Pierre-110-Donjon-2008-gje.jpg| Chauvigny-Saint-Pierre-116-2008-gje.jpg| Chauvigny-Saint-Pierre-122-Mittelschiff-2008-gje.jpg| Chauvigny-Saint-Pierre-124-Chor-Kapitelle 7 bis 2-2008-gje.jpg| Chauvigny-Saint-Pierre-146-Kapitell 4-Darbringung Jesu im Tempel-2008-gje.jpg| Chauvigny-Saint-Pierre-154-Kapitell 6-Mensch mit zwei Koerpern-2008-gje.jpg| </gallery>
Near Chauvigny is the curious bone-cavern of Jioux, the entrance to which is fortified by large blocks of stone.<ref name="EB1911"/>
thumb|Panorama of Chauvigny
==Economy== As of 1911, the town carried on lime-burning and plaster-manufacture, and there were stone quarries in the vicinity. Trade was in wool and feathers.<ref name="EB1911"/>
thumb|La gare de Chauvigny.
==See also== *Communes of the Vienne department
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Chauvigny}} * [https://www.chauvigny.fr/ Official site] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060513092929/http://www.tourisme-vienne.com/office-tourisme-vienne.php?cle=86ABOTS100048 Tourism] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070205064116/http://www.philosophie-chauvigny.org/ Philosophical Society] * [http://www.geantsduciel.com/ Spectacle animalier: Les géants du Ciel] * [http://acch.free.fr/ Flying club] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061209113429/http://www.ireo86.com/ IREO - Institut de Formation de Chauvigny] * [http://tirsportif86.online.fr/ Shooting club] * [http://romanes.com/Chauvigny/ Romanes.com] * [http://www.pixaile.com/gallery/4882545_RmaEQ/38/311719518_t7b2C#311721578_ZYt7M Aerial views]
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