Château-Landon

This article is about the commune. For the Paris Metro station, see Château-Landon (Paris Métro).

Château-Landon
Commune
The town hall in Château-Landon
Coat of arms
Location of Château-Landon
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Coordinates: 48°09′00″N 2°42′04″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Fontainebleau
Canton	Nemours
Intercommunality	CC Gâtinais-Val de Loing
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Valérie Lagille
Area 1	29.35 km2 (11.33 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,085
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77099 /77570
Elevation	66–116 m (217–381 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Château-Landon (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto lɑ̃dɔ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. The commune contains within it the Souppes-sur-Loing quarry, where the bright white travertine stones for construction of the Sacré-Cœur, Paris, were sourced. Formerly the seat of the canton of Château-Landon, it has been part of the canton of Nemours since 2015.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,644	—
1975	3,020	+1.92%
1982	2,929	−0.44%
1990	3,314	+1.56%
1999	3,364	+0.17%
2007	3,072	−1.13%
2012	3,142	+0.45%
2017	2,952	−1.24%
Source: INSEE

The inhabitants are called Chatellandonnais or Castellandonnais in French.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

External links

• 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)