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Chavenon (French pronunciation: [ʃavnɔ̃]; Occitan: Chavanon) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.

History

The former name is Ecclesia de Cavenone,^[3] the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.

Chavenon station, on the railway between Montluçon and Moulins, was closed for passengers in 1972.

The following table shows mayors of Chavenon.

St Martin’s Church, Chavenon,^[5] a 12th-century building
Castle Montgeorges, a 16th-century building
Château de Saint-Hubert, a 19th-century mansion and now a Russian orthodox monastery with a park drawn by the landscape gardener François-Marie Treyve
Watermill of Veaux^[6] on the river Aumance (the last one on this French river). The Aumance is a tributary of the Cher. This mill is on the Cassini map.
Manor of Sceauve, which is a former fief.

Born in Chavenon:

Coat of arms of Chavenon	French: De sinople à la fasce ondée d’argent chargée d’une bande ondée d’azur surchargée de l’inscription «CHAVENON» en lettre capitales d’argent, le tout accompagnée en pointe de saint Martin à cheval du même et en chef d’un boeuf arrêté aussi d’argent adextré d’un épi de maïs d’or et senestré d’une gerbe de blé du même.

^ “Répertoire national des élus: les maires” (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ “Populations de référence 2023” (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
^ Quoted for the first time as Ecclesia de Cavenone by (in French) Nicolas de Nicolay 1517-1583.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Base Mérimée: PA00093056, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Eglise Saint-Martin
^ “Les Veaux”. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.