La Chapelle-Bâton, Vienne

La Chapelle-Bâton

The church in La Chapelle-Bâton
La Chapelle-Bâton

Coordinates: 46°11′11″N 0°23′42″E / 46.1864°N 0.395°E / 46.1864; 0.395Coordinates: 46°11′11″N 0°23′42″E / 46.1864°N 0.395°E / 46.1864; 0.395
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Vienne
Arrondissement Montmorillon
Canton Charroux
Intercommunality Pays Charlois
Government
  Mayor (2008–2014) Moïse Vergeau
Area1 29.68 km2 (11.46 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 382
  Density 13/km2 (33/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 86055 / 86250
Elevation 142–165 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

La Chapelle-Bâton is a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.

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    In the mid to late 1990's it was one of the communes in France where, with the support of the local community, test drilling was carried out with a view to creating an underground nuclear waste storage/processing facility. It was found to be geologically unsuitable and plans were subsequently abandoned.[1]


    1. (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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