Châtelaillon

Châtelaillon-Plage

Commune

Coat of arms

Châtelaillon-Plage

Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region

Châtelaillon-Plage

Coordinates: 46°04′27″N 1°05′12″W / 46.0742°N 1.0867°WCoordinates: 46°04′27″N 1°05′12″W / 46.0742°N 1.0867°W

Country

Government

• Mayor (2008–2014)

Jean-Louis Léonard

Area¹

6.59 km² (2.54 sq mi)

Population (2008)²

6,049

• Density

920/km² (2,400/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

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.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Châtelaillon-Plage is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

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

In the 16th century near the point of Cornard today featured a fortress known as Castrym Allionis, the old capital of Aunis. On August 1130, the Duke of Aquitaine William X of Poitiers, sieged 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.

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