La Chapelle-Bâton, Vienne

La Chapelle-Bâton is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is 8 km northeast from Civray. In the mid to late 1990s it was one of the communes in France where, with the support of the local community, test drilling was carried out in an effort to create an underground nuclear waste storage/processing facility. After it was found to be geologically unsuitable, plans were subsequently abandoned.[2]

La Chapelle-Bâton
The church in La Chapelle-Bâton
Location of La Chapelle-Bâton
La Chapelle-Bâton
La Chapelle-Bâton
Coordinates: 46°11′11″N 0°23′42″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentVienne
ArrondissementMontmorillon
CantonCivray
IntercommunalityPays Charlois
Government
  Mayor (2008–2014) Moïse Vergeau
Area
1
29.68 km2 (11.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
357
  Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
86055 /86250
Elevation142–165 m (466–541 ft)
(avg. 149 m or 489 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. (Discussions on Nuclear Waste 'A Survey on Public Participation, Decision-Making and Discussions in Eight Countries...France...Robert Jan van den Berg, Herman Damveld, January 2000)



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