Châtelaillon plague
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | La Rochelle | |
| Canton | Châtelaillon plague | |
| Community association | La Rochelle | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 4 ′ N , 1 ° 5 ′ W | |
| height | 0-21 m | |
| surface | 6.59 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,846 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 887 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17340 | |
| INSEE code | 17094 | |
| Website | www.chatelaillon-plage.fr | |
Châtelaillon-Plage is a municipality and a seaside resort with 5846 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on the French Atlantic coast.
history
On the hill of Vieux Châtelaillon, in the Nécropole des Sables, there are various grave finds from the Gallo-Roman period and the Christianisation period, which testify to the long history of settlement in this place.
In the 12th century, the fortification Castrum Allionis was built on the Pointe du Cornard, which was then the center of power of the Aunis . Today there is no longer the slightest trace of this fortification, as it was washed over by the sea. Thus in the 17th century only a small hamlet with small farms and a few fishermen's huts remained.
In the district of Les Boucholeurs you can still see some old agricultural buildings and buildings used for oyster farming from the time before the 19th century.
It was not until the end of the 19th century that the French state railways developed the town into a bathing station with direct train connections from Paris to Châtelaillon-Plage. This triggered the construction of a large number of villas on the coast in the style of the turn of the century . Today these form a colorful mix of styles, as the owners mostly used the architectural styles of their home regions when they built their villas .
Population development
The population development declined slightly until the early 1990s. A large-scale revitalization program of the place, which in 1989 led to the filling of a new sandy beach approximately three kilometers long, then brought about the turning point. Since then, the population has been rising again continuously:
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| 5234 | 5377 | 5354 | 5439 | 4993 | 5625 | 5911 | 5923 |
City administration
City partnerships:
Market:
- twice a week: Tuesday and Friday, up to 120 stands during the season
- Market hall with around 20 stalls open daily
Schools:
- École maternelle Pierre Jonchery
- École maternelle Les Sables
- École élémentaire Pierre Jonchery
- École élémentaire Les Boucholeurs
- École élémentaire Paul Michaud
- Collège André Malraux
- CIPECMA (Center Interconsulaire de Perfectionnement et d'Enseignement de la Charente-Maritime)
Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in Châtelaillon-Plage
sons and daughters of the town
- Dominique Lapierre (* 1931), French writer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 161-165.
Web links
- City administration website (French)
- Office du Tourisme website (French)