Chassenon

Chassenon
Commune
Chassenon
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Chassenon
Coordinates: 45°51′11″N 0°45′56″E / 45.8531°N 0.7656°E / 45.8531; 0.7656Coordinates: 45°51′11″N 0°45′56″E / 45.8531°N 0.7656°E / 45.8531; 0.7656
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Vienne
Intercommunality	Haute-Charente
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Reynaud
Area1	23.48 km2 (9.07 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	895
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	16086 /16150
Elevation	150–262 m (492–860 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chassenon is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

The ancient name of the village was Cassinomagus.

Situated on the Agrippan Way (Lyon - Saintes), Cassinomagus was, in the Roman times, important enough to be mentioned on the mediaeval Peutinger map as one of the two secondary towns between Limoges and Saintes. The remains of this Gallo-Roman town lay on about 300 hectares and include a sanctuary of about 25 hectares. This sanctuary consisted of several monuments: a big temple, two small ones, a theatre (amphitheatre ?), and thermal baths. The baths, which are very well preserved, can be visited.