Château-Chinon (Ville)

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Château-Chinon (Ville) Château-Chinon
Subprefecture and commune
Porte Notre-Dame
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°03′55″N 3°55′59″E / 47.0653°N 3.9331°E / 47.0653; 3.9331Coordinates: 47°03′55″N 3°55′59″E / 47.0653°N 3.9331°E / 47.0653; 3.9331
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Nièvre
Arrondissement	Château-Chinon (Ville)
Canton	Château-Chinon
Intercommunality	CC Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Chantal Marie Malus[1]
Area 1	4.28 km2 (1.65 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	1,926
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	58062 /58120
Elevation	337–655 m (1,106–2,149 ft) (avg. 534 m or 1,752 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Château-Chinon (Ville) (French pronunciation: [ʃato ʃinɔ̃ vil] (listen)) is a commune in the Nièvre department in France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.^[3]

The villages around the town are grouped in another commune named Château-Chinon (Campagne).

François Mitterrand (1916–1996), President of France from 1981 to 1995, was the mayor of Château-Chinon from 1959 to 1981.

It is about 200 miles (320 km) southeast of Paris.^[4]

Twin towns[]

• Cortona, Italy
• Timbuktu, Mali
• Villeréal, France

See also[]

• Communes of the Nièvre department
• Parc naturel régional du Morvan

References[]

• INSEE commune file

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