Chervettes
Encyclopedia
Chervettes is a commune
in the Charente-Maritime
department in the Poitou-Charentes
region
in southwestern France
.
and Rochefort
and Saint-Jean-d'Angély
.
The communal area presents a large buildingthat goes from 20 to 28 m in height. The commune is strongly marked by an agricultural area that makes up of cereal crops. The drainage canal can be seen in the area. The agricultural countryside includes the settlements of Chiron and Fief Rolland. The structure concentrates in the town north of the area. It compromises 82.5% of the population in 1999. The rest of the area compromises the two hamlets of Fief Rolland-Varzay (partly in the commune of Puyrolland
) and Chiron.
at the end of the 19th century, the commune subsisted three small areas of winery. The church known as Notre-Dame-de-l’Assumption was first constructed in the 15th century. Around the commune, Chiron features a 18th century built mill.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River.- History :Previously a part of Saintonge, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
department in the Poitou-Charentes
Poitou-Charentes
Poitou-Charentes is an administrative region in central western France comprising four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. The regional capital is Poitiers.-Politics:The regional council is composed of 56 members...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in southwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Population
Geography
The commune is located by the proximity of SurgèresSurgères
Surgères is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. It is the home of the Surgères 48 Hour Race.-Surrounding communes:...
and Rochefort
Rochefort, Charente-Maritime
Rochefort is a commune in southwestern France, a port on the Charente estuary. It is a sub-prefecture of the Charente-Maritime department.-History:...
and Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Saint-Jean-d'Angély is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.The commune has its historical origins in the Abbey of Saint-Jean-d'Angély.-Royal abbey:...
.
The communal area presents a large buildingthat goes from 20 to 28 m in height. The commune is strongly marked by an agricultural area that makes up of cereal crops. The drainage canal can be seen in the area. The agricultural countryside includes the settlements of Chiron and Fief Rolland. The structure concentrates in the town north of the area. It compromises 82.5% of the population in 1999. The rest of the area compromises the two hamlets of Fief Rolland-Varzay (partly in the commune of Puyrolland
Puyrolland
Puyrolland is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Poitou-Charentes region in southwestern France. Puyrolland includes a part of Fief Rollands.-Population:-External links:* *...
) and Chiron.
History
An old viticultural commune, Chervettes is marked by an old viticultural properties with a closed heart. Since the outbreak of phylloxeraPhylloxera
Grape phylloxera ; originally described in France as Phylloxera vastatrix; equated to the previously described Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, Phylloxera vitifoliae; commonly just called phylloxera is a pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America...
at the end of the 19th century, the commune subsisted three small areas of winery. The church known as Notre-Dame-de-l’Assumption was first constructed in the 15th century. Around the commune, Chiron features a 18th century built mill.