Châtelet or Chatelet may refer to: *Châtelet, a type of large

gatehouse A gatehouse is a type of fortified gateway, an entry control point building, enclosing or accompanying a gateway for a town, religious house, castle, manor house, or other fortification building of importance. Gatehouses are typically the most ...

, a fortified entry point of a castle

Places

Belgium

Châtelet, Belgium Châtelet (; ) is a city and Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies on the river Sambre. As of January 1, 2018, Châtelet had a total population of 36,101. The to ...

, a municipality in the province of Hainaut

France

Grand Châtelet The Grand Châtelet was a fortress in Ancien Régime Paris, on the right bank of the Seine, on the site of what is now the Place du Châtelet; it contained a court and police headquarters and a number of prisons. History The original building o ...

, a former stronghold with courts, police, and prisons on the site of the Place du Châtelet *

Place du Châtelet The Place du Châtelet () is a public square in Paris, on the right bank of the river Seine, on the borderline between the 1st and 4th arrondissements. It lies at the north end of the Pont au Change, a bridge that connects the Île de la Cit� ...

, a public square in Paris, on the right bank of the Seine on the border of the 1st and 4th arrondissements *

Théâtre du Châtelet The Théâtre du Châtelet () is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. One of two theatres (the other being the Théâtre de la Ville) built on the site of a ''châtelet'', a ...

, a theatre in Paris, on the Place du Châtelet *

Châtelet (Paris Métro) Châtelet or Chatelet may refer to: *Châtelet, a type of large gatehouse A gatehouse is a type of fortified gateway, an entry control point building, enclosing or accompanying a gateway for a town, religious house, castle, manor house, or ot ...

, 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 Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse (, literally ''Le Châtelet on Meuse'') is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. It contains the source of the River Meuse, which is very close to the commune's village of Pouilly-en-Bassigny. ...

, a commune in Haute-Marne that is near the source of the Meuse

Switzerland

Le Châtelet (mountain) Le Châtelet (2,537 m) is a mountain of the Swiss Mont Blanc massif, overlooking Orsières in the canton of Valais Valais ( , ; ), more formally, the Canton of Valais or Wallis, is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the ...

, in Switzerland

Other uses

Châtelet surface In algebraic geometry, a Châtelet surface is a rational surface In algebraic geometry, a branch of mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are dev ...

, a surface in algebraic geometry

People with the surname

Albert Châtelet Albert Châtelet (24 October 1883 – 30 June 1960) was a French politician and mathematician. Biography Châtelet was a student at the École normale supérieure (Paris) from 1905 to 1908, succeeding to the Agrégation (a highly selective comp ...

(1883–1960), French mathematician and politician *

Émilie du Châtelet Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet (; 17 December 1706 – 10 September 1749) was a French mathematician and physicist. Her most recognized achievement is her philosophical magnum opus, ''Institutions de Physique'' ...

(1706−1749), French mathematician, physicist, and author *

François Châtelet Michel François Jacques Châtelet (; April 27, 1925 – December 26, 1985) was a historian of philosophy and political philosophy, philosopher and professor in the socratic tradition. He was the husband of philosopher Noëlle Châtelet. Châ ...