Châteldon
Coordinates: 45°58′39″N 3°31′16″E / 45.9775°N 3.5211°E
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Commune o Châteldon |
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| Location | |
  Châteldon
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| Administration | |
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| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Auvergne |
| Depairtment | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Arrondissement | Thiers |
| Canton | Châteldon |
| Mayor | Tony Bernard (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Population2 | 760 (2006) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 63102/ 63290 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an military personnel) anerlie coontit ance. | |
Châteldon is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme depairtment in Auvergne in central Fraunce.
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[edit] Aboot the toun
Châteldon is a medieval veelage in the northren pairt o Auvergne. It dates frae the early Middle Ages, wi mony o its biggins datin back tae the 14t century. The toun's fortifications are still in evidence.
The veelage lees on the wastren edge o the Montagne Bourbonnaise an the northren edge o the Livadois-Forez Park, the lairgest natur pairk in Europe. Tae the wast lees the Limagne, whaur the Allier an Dore rivers converge. Nineteen kilometres tae the north is the Ceety o Vichy.
Castle Châteldon wis ance awned bi Prime Meenister Pierre Laval. It remains the prime landmark o the veelage.
[edit] Nearby touns
- In the Region o Châteldon :
Lachaux, Puy-Guillaume an Ris ;
[edit] Admeenistration
| Election Date | Name | |
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| 1790 | Jean-Baptiste Couher | |
| 1792 | Louis Chabrier | |
| 1793 | Jean-Baptiste Quissac | |
| 1800 | Michel Delaire | |
| 1810 | Hugues Debrit | |
| 1926 | Léon Seneque | |
| 1929 | Victor Rivet | |
| 1940 | Charles Cocurat | |
| 1964 | Victor Ducher | |
| 1965 | René Verdier | |
| 1971 | René Verdier | |
| 1977 | René Verdie | |
| 1978 | Genès Fradin | |
| 1983 | Genès Fradin | |
| 1989 | Jean-Paul Dassaud | |
| 1995 | Jean-Paul Dassaud | |
| 1997 | Tony Bernard | |
| 2001 | Tony Bernard | |
| 2008 | Tony Bernard |
[edit] Demographics
[edit] Mineral watter
Châteldon is kent for its naturally carbonatit mineral watter. It wis the first mineral watter exploitit in Fraunce an transportit bi bottles tae the Court o Louis XIV in Versailles. This water is uised for its diuretic and digestive properties. It is an aw rich in potassium, sodium an fluorine. In Fraunce, ane finds the watter o Châteldon in the lairge hotels an restaurants, an in delicatessens. In 1650, the first doctor o the keeng, Guy-Crescent Fagon, praised the virtues o Châteldon to Louis XIV.
[edit] Fowk
Châteldon wis the birthplace o Pierre Laval (1883–1945), French politeecian.
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