Vouneuil-sur-Vienne

Vouneuil-sur-Vienne
Vouneuil-sur-Vienne
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Vouneuil-sur-Vienne
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Châtellerault
Canton	Vouneuil-sur-Vienne
Intercommunality	Pays Châtelleraudais
Mayor	Gérard Barc (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	47–139 m (154–456 ft) (avg. 82 m/269 ft)
Land area1	36.8 km2 (14.2 sq mi)
Population2	1,966  (2006)
- Density	53 /km2 (140 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	86298/ 86210
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.

Coordinates: 46°43′04″N 0°32′27″E / 46.7177777778°N 0.540833333333°E / 46.7177777778; 0.540833333333

Vouneuil-sur-Vienne is a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.

History

The Battle of Tours took place in 732 near the hamlet of Moussais (later renamed Moussais-la-Bataille), which is now part of the commune of Vouneuil-sur-Vienne.

Demographics

Historical population of Vouneuil-sur-Vienne

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1212	1257	1218	1458	1606	1835	1966

See also

• Communes of the Vienne department

References

• INSEE