Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou | |
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The centre of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou | |
Location of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou | |
| Coordinates: 46°39′07″N 0°22′23″E / 46.6519°N 0.3731°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Poitiers |
| Canton | Chasseneuil-du-Poitou |
| Intercommunality | CU Grand Poitiers |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Eidelstein |
Area 1 | 17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 4,776 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 86062 /86360 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (French pronunciation: [ʃasnœj dy pwatu], literally Chasseneuil of Poitou) is a commune in the Vienne department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France.
It lies 7 km north of the centre of Poitiers. Its inhabitants are called the Chasseneuillais.
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou is the home of the Parc du Futuroscope, and the Technopole du Futuroscope, making up part of the École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique de Poitiers (English: Poitiers' National superior school of mechanics and aeronautics).
Former French Prime Minister and Senator Jean-Pierre Raffarin served as assistant to the Mayor between 1995 and 2001.