Châtelaillon-Plage

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Châtelaillon-Plage
Commune
The beach in Châtelaillon
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Châtelaillon-Plage
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Coordinates: 46°04′27″N 1°05′12″W / 46.0742°N 1.0867°W / 46.0742; -1.0867
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	La Rochelle
Canton	Châtelaillon-Plage
Intercommunality	CA La Rochelle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Villain[1]
Area 1	6.59 km2 (2.54 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,227
• Density	940/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Demonym	Châtelaillonnais.e (French)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17094 /17340
Elevation	0–21 m (0–69 ft) (avg. 3 m or 9.8 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Châtelaillon-Plage (French pronunciation: [ʃatɛlajɔ̃ plaʒ], also [ʃɑtɛlajɔ̃]), commonly known as Châtelaillon, is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

It is located south of the city of La Rochelle and is also a suburb. It is twinned with Knebworth, England.

In the 16th century near the point of Cornard today featured a fortress known as Castrum Allionis, the old capital of Aunis. On August 1130, the Duke of Aquitaine William X of Poitiers, besieged the château. The leader of the place Isembert deprived its troops. The rest of the fortress were totally despaired in the 16th century, a small hamlet with bells of the swamps. During the 19th century, it had agricultural area in Boucholeurs. At the end of the nineteenth century, it was linked with rail, it constructed its first baths bains de mar with numerous villas.

Today, the location of the mediaeval château is uncertain, it may also located by the Turge.

• École maternelle et élementaire Pierre Jonchery (Pierre Jonchery Maternal and Elementary School)
• École maternelle Les Sables
• École élémentaire Paul Michaud (Paul Michaud Elementary School)
• Collège André Malraux
• CIPECMA (Centre Interconsulaire de Perfectionnement et d'Enseignement de la Charente-Maritime).

Châtelaillon is twinned with Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England,^[3] and Evolène, Wallis, Switzerland, and Skierniewice, Łódź, Poland.

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

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