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Château-Landon () is a
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in the
Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne () is a Departments of France, department in the ÃŽle-de-France Regions of France, region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne (river), Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square ...
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in the
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in north-central
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. The commune contains within it the Souppes-sur-Loing quarry, where the bright white
travertine Travertine ( ) is a form of terrestrial limestone deposited around mineral springs, especially hot springs. It often has a fibrous or concentric appearance and exists in white, tan, cream-colored, and even rusty varieties. It is formed by a pro ...
stones for construction of the
Sacré-Cœur, Paris The Basilica of Sacré Coeur de Montmartre (Sacred Heart of Montmartre), commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur (french: Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre, pronounced ), is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in Par ...
, were sourced. Formerly the seat of the
canton of Château-Landon The canton of Château-Landon is a French former administrative division, located in the arrondissement of Fontainebleau, in the Seine-et-Marne ''département'' (Île-de-France ''région''). It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisati ...
, it has been part of the
canton of Nemours The canton of Nemours is a French administrative division, located in the arrondissement of Fontainebleau, in the Seine-et-Marne ''Departments of France, département'' (Île-de-France ''Regions of France, région''). Demographics Composition ...
since 2015.


Demographics

The inhabitants are called ''Chatellandonnais or Castellandonnais''.


See also

*
Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Seine-et-Marne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)
* Communes of Seine-et-Marne {{SeineMarne-geo-stub