{{Infobox French commune |name = Chef-Boutonne |commune status = Commune |image = Chef Boutonne Château d'eau.jpg |caption = The water tower in Chef-Boutonne |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Chef-Boutonne 79.svg |arrondissement = Niort |canton = Melle |INSEE = 79083 |postal code = 79110 |mayor = Fabrice Michelet<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = Mellois en Poitou |coordinates = {{coord|46.1106|-0.0683|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 73 |elevation min m = 71 |elevation max m = 146 |area km2 = 40.38 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}
'''Chef-Boutonne''' ({{IPA|fr|ʃɛf butɔn}}) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. On 1 January 2019, the former communes La Bataille, Crézières and Tillou were merged into Chef-Boutonne.<ref>[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/9/9/INTB1824770A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 9 September 2018 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
==Geography== The Boutonne has its source in the commune, hence its name, Chef-Boutonne meaning ''head of the Boutonne''.
==Population== The population data below refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2025. {{Historical populations |source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-79083#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |percentages = pagr |align = none |1968 |2838 |1975 |2888 |1982 |2870 |1990 |2739 |1999 |2673 |2007 |2715 |2012 |2533 |2017 |2563 |2023 |2371 }}
==See also== *Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department
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