Châtelet

Template:Sister project Châtelet or Chatelet may refer to:

• Châtelet, a type of large gatehouse, a fortified entry point of a castle

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Places

Belgium

• Châtelet, Belgium, a municipality in the province of Hainaut

France

• Grand Châtelet, a former stronghold with courts, police, and prisons on the site of the Place du Châtelet
• Place du Châtelet, a public square in Paris, on the right bank of the Seine on the border of the 1st and 4th arrondissements
• Théâtre du Châtelet, a theatre in Paris, on the Place du Châtelet
• Châtelet (Paris Métro), a Metro station in Paris, located near the Place du Châtelet
• Châtelet–Les Halles (Paris RER), the central commuter train station in Paris, attached to both the Châtelet and Les Halles metro stations
• Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse, a commune in Haute-Marne that is near the source of the Meuse

Switzerland

• Le Châtelet (mountain), in Switzerland

Other uses

• Châtelet surface, a surface in algebraic geometry

People with the surname

• Albert Châtelet (1883–1960), French mathematician and politician
• Émilie du Châtelet (1706−1749), French mathematician, physicist, and author
• François Châtelet (1925−1985), French historian of political philosophy
• François Châtelet (mathematician) (1912–1987), French mathematician
• Gilles Châtelet (1944–1999), French philosopher and mathematician

See also

• Châtelain (female chatelaine), the French title for the keeper of a castle
• Chastellet, a Templar castle lost to Saladin at the Siege of Jacob's Ford