The National Shooting Centre (french: Centre National de Tir Sportif) (CNTS) is a
shooting range
A shooting range, firing range, gun range or shooting ground is a specialized facility, sports venue, venue or playing field, field designed specifically for firearm usage qualifications, training, practice or shooting sport, competitions. So ...
in
Châteauroux,
France, owned by the
French Shooting Federation (FFTir). The site includes shooting facilities for all Olympic and ISSF disciplines, as well as IPSC Practical disciplines and FITASC clay pigeon shooting.
Construction started on 31 March 2016. The
2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVIII was the 18th IPSC Handgun World Shoot held at the new National Shooting Center in Châteauroux, France during the end of August and start of September. There were 30 stages divided into 5 areas, with each ...
in August 2017 was the first major event to be held on the range. In 2018 the final parts of the shooting range were completed and inaugurated.
The centre was used as the shooting venue for the Paris
2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ...
.
See also
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French Shooting Federation
References
External links
Official website
Shooting ranges in France
Venues of the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic shooting venues
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