Champagné-Saint-Hilaire
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Champagné-Saint-Hilaire is a commune
in the Vienne
department in the Poitou-Charentes
region
in western France
.
Champagné-Saint-Hilaire is located in the geographical area known as the Seuil du Poitou
. It is also the highest commune in the vicinity.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Vienne
Vienne
Vienne is the northernmost département of the Poitou-Charentes region of France, named after the river Vienne.- Viennese history :Vienne is one of the original 83 departments, established on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Poitou,...
department in the Poitou-Charentes
Poitou-Charentes
Poitou-Charentes is an administrative region in central western France comprising four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. The regional capital is Poitiers.-Politics:The regional council is composed of 56 members...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Champagné-Saint-Hilaire is located in the geographical area known as the Seuil du Poitou
Seuil du Poitou
The Seuil du Poitou is a geological denomination for an area in western central France where the Paris and Aquitaine sedimentary basins meet, and which also is a gap between the ancient mountain ranges Massif Armoricain and the Massif Central .Situated to the south of Poitiers, the area is the...
. It is also the highest commune in the vicinity.