Chasseneuil-du-Poitou

Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
Commune
	The centre of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
	Location of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
	Chasseneuil-du-Poitou Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
	Coordinates: 46°39′07″N 0°22′23″E / 46.6519°N 0.3731°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Poitiers
Canton	Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
Intercommunality	CU Grand Poitiers
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Eidelstein
Area 1	17.61 km2 (6.80 sq mi)
Population (2021)	4,767
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	86062 /86360
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (French pronunciation: [ʃasnœj dy pwatu], literally Chasseneuil of Poitou) is a commune in the Vienne department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France.

It lies 7 km north of the centre of Poitiers. Its inhabitants are called the Chasseneuillais.

Chasseneuil-du-Poitou is the home of the Parc du Futuroscope, and the Technopole du Futuroscope, making up part of the École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique de Poitiers (English: Poitiers' National superior school of mechanics and aeronautics).^[3]

Former French Prime Minister and Senator Jean-Pierre Raffarin served as assistant to the Mayor between 1995 and 2001.^[4]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "La Technopole du Futuroscope" [The Technopole of Futuroscope]. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
^ "La biographie de Jean-Pierre Raffarin" [The biography of Jean-Pierre Raffarin] (in French). Government of France.

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] "La Technopole du Futuroscope" [The Technopole of Futuroscope]. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2009.

[4] "La biographie de Jean-Pierre Raffarin" [The biography of Jean-Pierre Raffarin] (in French). Government of France.

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