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Vaux, Vienne

Coordinates: 46°17′54″N 0°13′19″E / 46.2983°N 0.2219°E / 46.2983; 0.2219
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Vaux is located in France
Vaux
Vaux
Vaux is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Vaux
Vaux
Coordinates: 46°17′54″N 0°13′19″E / 46.2983°N 0.2219°E / 46.2983; 0.2219
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentVienne
ArrondissementMontmorillon
CantonLusignan
CommuneValence-en-Poitou
Area
1
25.84 km2 (9.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
785
 • Density30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
86700
Elevation106–151 m (348–495 ft)
(avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vaux (French pronunciation: [vo] ) or Vaux-en-Couhé ([vo ɑ̃ ku.e]) is a former commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Valence-en-Poitou.[2]

Its inhabitants are called the Valois and Valoises. It covered 25.8 km2 and had 785 inhabitants in 2019.[1] Surrounded by the communes of Chatillon, Romagna and Ceaux-en-Couhé, Vaux is located 33 km southwest of Poitiers, the largest city nearby.

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