Chef-Boutonne

Chef-Boutonne
Commune
The water tower in Chef-Boutonne
Coat of arms
Location of Chef-Boutonne
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Coordinates: 46°06′38″N 0°04′06″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement	Niort
Canton	Melle
Intercommunality	Mellois en Poitou
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabrice Michelet[1]
Area ^1	40.38 km^2 (15.59 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,390
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	79083 /79110
Elevation	71–146 m (233–479 ft) (avg. 73 m or 240 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chef-Boutonne (French pronunciation: [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.^[3]

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 2023.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,838	—
1975	2,888	+0.25%
1982	2,870	−0.09%
1990	2,739	−0.58%
1999	2,673	−0.27%
2007	2,715	+0.20%
2012	2,533	−1.38%
2017	2,563	+0.24%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Arrêté préfectoral 9 September 2018 (in French)
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE