Châteldon

Châteldon is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme depairtment in Auvergne in central Fraunce.

Châteldon
Châteldon Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Châteldon
Coordinates: 45°58′39″N 3°31′16″E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Depairtment	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Thiers
Canton	Châteldon
Govrenment
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Tony Bernard
Area 1	28.43 km2 (10.98 sq mi)
Population  (2006)2	760
• Density	27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	63102 /63290
Elevation	285–862 m (935–2,828 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

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.

Nearby touns

• In the Region o Châteldon :
  Lachaux, Puy-Guillaume an Ris ;

Admeenistration

Leet o the Mayors o Châteldon

Election Date	Name
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

Demographics

Historical population o Châteldon

Year	1882	1990	1999	2006
Population	1946	840	737	760

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.

Fowk

Châteldon wis the birthplace o Pierre Laval (1883–1945), French politeecian.

See an aw

• Communes o the Puy-de-Dôme depairtment