France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. It sits north of the D396 road, and is located 7 km north east of Neuville-les-Dames and 13 km west of
Bourg-en-Bresse
Bourg-en-Bresse (; frp, Bôrg) is the prefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Located northeast of Lyon, it is the capital of the ancient province of Bresse ( frp, Brêsse, links=no). In 2018, ...
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The romanesque parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist.
History
The first mention of the town dates from 933 under the name of Cavariaco in the collection of Charters of
Cluny
Cluny () is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is northwest of Mâcon.
The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in ...
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The castle of Chaveyriat was destroyed in 1376 by the troops of the Sire de Beaujeu, it had been the home of Hugues de Marchant, then, successively, was held by the families of Columbus, Cheminant, Varax, de la Cley.
In 1601, after the Treaty of Lyons, Chaveyriat became part of the Burgundy province of France.
Between 1790 and 1795, it became a municipality in the canton of Châtillon-les-Dombes.