Chavannes-de-Bogis

History

Chavannes-de-Bogis is first mentioned around 1477-85 as Cabane de Bogiez.

Geography

Chavannes-de-Bogis has an area, , of . Of this area, or 58.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 12.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 24.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 5.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 49.5% is used for growing crops and 9.1% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Chavannes de Bogis is a border crossing point from France (Divonnes les Bains) and as such forms a major traffic artery during rush hours. Chavannes is an agricultural village, there's a mixture of farmers (cereals) and vineyards, there are also several stables and a couple of bee keepers. It consists of the village of Chavannes-de-Bogis and the hamlet of Péguey.

Most-observed species

• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  7,092
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,284
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,156
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,653
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,272
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  4,079
• Eurasian red squirrel

  Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  3,908
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,898

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2026-01-12
  4 km SSW of Les Houches, France
• M 3.3 — 2025-05-06
  8 km W of Chapareillan, France
• M 3.3 — 2022-09-25
  7 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
• M 4.5 — 2022-03-12
  3 km S of Faverges, France
• M 3.4 — 2020-06-23
  11 km ESE of Samoëns, France
• M 3.2 — 2017-11-17
  10 km NNE of Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne, France