Chavenon (French pronunciation: [ʃavnɔ̃]; Occitan: Chavanon) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.

The former name is Ecclesia de Cavenone, the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	304	—
1975	235	−3.61%
1982	179	−3.81%
1990	155	−1.78%
1999	159	+0.28%
2009	141	−1.19%
2014	129	−1.76%
2020	135	+0.76%
Source: INSEE

Chavenon station, on the railway between Montluçon and Moulins, was closed for passengers in 1972.

The following table shows mayors of Chavenon.

Name	Start	End
Bernard Madet	2001	2008
Jean-Pierre Delsaux	2008	2014
François Tarian	2014	current

• Saint-Martin Church, which is a 12th-century building

• Castle Montgeorges, which is a 16th-century building
• Manor of Saint Hubertus, which is a 19th-century mansion and now a Russian orthodox monastery with a park drawn by the landscape gardener François-Marie Treyve.

• Watermill of Veaux on the river Aumance (the last one on this French river). The Aumance is a tributary of the Cher. This mill is on the Cassini map.

• Manor of Sceauve, which is a former fief.

Born in Chavenon:

• Cécile Desliens (1853–1937), painter
• Marie Desliens (1856–1938), painter

• Bourbonnais
• Communes of the Allier department

• (in French) Official site
• (in English) Versailles national school of landscape architecture