Châtillon-Coligny () is a commune in the

Loiret Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434.

department in north-central

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. The

Loing The Loing () is a long river in central France, a left tributary of the Seine. Its source is in Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, in the southwest of the departments of France, department of Yonne, and it flows into the Seine in Saint-Mammès, near Mo ...

and the Briare Canal run through the town.

Sights and monuments

* Château de Châtillon-Coligny

Notable people

* Gaspard I de Coligny (c.1465-1522), seigneur of Châtillon, born in Châtillon-sur-Loing. * Odet de Coligny, cardinal de Châtillon, (1517-1571), eldest son of Gaspard I, born in Châtillon-sur-Loing, converted to Calvinism, poisoned. *

Gaspard II de Coligny Gaspard de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon (; 16 February 1519 – 24 August 1572), was a French nobleman, Admiral of France, and Huguenot leader during the French Wars of Religion. He served under kings Francis I and Henry II during the ...

(1519-1572), seigneur de Châtillon, Comte de Coligny and Admiral of France, second son of Gaspard I, born in Châtillon-sur-Loing, leader of French Protestantism, assassinated during the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. * François de Coligny d'Andelot (1521-1569), third son of Gaspard I, also one of the leaders of French Protestantism during the

French Wars of Religion The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholic Church, Catholics and Protestantism, Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease di ...

, born in Châtillon-sur-Loing. *

Louise de Coligny Louise de Coligny (23 September 1555 – 9 November 1620) was a princess consort of Orange as the fourth and last spouse of William the Silent. She was the daughter of Gaspard de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon by his first wife, Charlotte de L ...

, (1555-1620), daughter of

, married Charles de Téligny on 26 May 1571. Her husband was killed in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. On 12 April 1583, she married William of Orange, who was also assassinated. She was born in Châtillon-sur-Loing. * Isabelle Angélique de Montmorency, Duchess of Châtillon (1627-1695), widow of Gaspard IV de Coligny. * Antoine César Becquerel (1788-1878), scientist, born in Châtillon-Coligny in 1788. *

Henri Becquerel Antoine Henri Becquerel ( ; ; 15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French nuclear physicist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Marie and Pierre Curie for his discovery of radioactivity. Biography Family and education Becq ...

(1852-1908), physicist who discovered natural radiation in 1896, born in Châtillon-Coligny. *

Colette Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known as Colette or Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a Mime artist, mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaki ...

(1873–1954), author of the ''Claudine'' novels and ''Gigi''. The town was the second childhood home of the famous writer.Judith Thurman, ''Secrets of the Flesh – A Life of Colette'' (1999) *

Jacques Adnet Jacques Adnet (20 April 1900 – 29 October 1984) was a French art deco modernist designer, architect and interior designer. He was known for his furniture designs in leather. Education An icon of luxurious French Modernism, Jacques Adnet ...

(1900-1984) and his twin Jean Adnet, architects and decorators, were born in the commune.

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