Chiddes, Nièvre

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Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Chiddes
Commune
The church in Chiddes
Location of Chiddes
(2020–2026)		Bernadette Voilliot^[1]
Area ¹	26.04 km² (10.05 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	348
• Density	13/km² (35/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	58074 /58170
Elevation	244–515 m (801–1,690 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chiddes (French pronunciation: [ʃid]) is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.^[3]

History

Despite now being a small village, Chiddes has a rich history, filled with folklore and legends back to Antiquity, such as relating to Roman artefacts of Emperors like Alexander Severus and Diocletian, pagan stones, Saint Maurice (even being called "the country of St. Maurice" despite him most likely never setting foot there), Saint Martin of Tours and his donkey and a vicious-turn-tamed bear, St. Gangulphus, local lords and fiefs, the French Wars of Religion, and more.

Demographics

According to the 1999 census, the population was 373. On 1 January 2019, the estimate was 339.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file