Chevroches

Chevroches (IPA: [ʃəvʁɔʃ] (listen)) is a commune, a village, in the Nièvre department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, in central France.

Chevroches
Commune
Town hall and church
Location of Chevroches
Chevroches Chevroches
Coordinates: 47°27′02″N 3°32′47″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Nièvre
Arrondissement	Clamecy
Canton	Clamecy
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Louis Lebeau
Area ^1	3.21 km^2 (1.24 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	125
• Density	39/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	58073 /58500
Elevation	147–229 m (482–751 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Inhabitants are called Cavarocois (IPA: [kavaʁɔkwa]).

Geography

Chevroches lies between the Canal du Nivernais, the river Yonne, and the place where the river Yonne used to be.

History

This village is really old, according to archeologists, there was smithing activity from the second to the fourth century. All the ancient objects which has been found there are now in a museum in Clamecy, just few miles away from Chevroches.

This village church was probably built in the ninth century, and Chevroches old name was "Cava Roca" [ kava ʁɔka ] which means hollow rock. That name is linked to the stone quarry, which is now abandoned.

Demographics

At the 1999 census, the population was 139. On 1 January 2006, the estimate was 146.

See also

• Communes of the Nièvre department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.