Mignaloux-Beauvoir

Mignaloux-Beauvoir (French pronunciation: [miɲalu bovwaʁ]) is a commune from the Center-West of France, located in the south-eastern suburbs of Poitiers, in the Vienne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

The climate parameters that made it possible to establish the 2010 topology include six variables for temperature and eight for precipitation, whose values correspond to the 1971-2000 normal.

The name "Mignaloux" appeared first in 848 under the Latin form villa exania magnolarum in a chart of the Nouaillé abbey, and the name "Beauvoir" is attested later, in 1187, referring to a commandery [3].

During the Hundred Years' War, on 16 September 1356, during the Black Prince's chevauchée, the latter, leaving Châtellerault, rushed with 200 men-at-arms through the forest of Moulière and came out on the road from Poitiers to Chauvigny.

There, he fell by surprise on the rearguard of the French army, 700 men-at-arms and knights strong, at the site of Chaboterie au Breuil l'Abbesse, located in the municipality.

The French fled into the forest, losing 240 men including the counts of Joigny and Auxerre and the sieur de Châtillon.

During the summer of 1944, the Allied air forces carried out numerous strafing operations: fighters patrolled the axes (railways, main roads) in search of targets of opportunity (German convoy, military train, camp, etc.).