Châtelet

In antiquity, a châtelet (French pronunciation: [ʃatlɛ]) was a little castle or fortress, wherein the chatelain (French pronunciation: [ʃatlɛ̃], female chatelaine [ʃatlɛn]), or governor lodged.

Now, Châtelet or Chatelet may refer to:

People

• Albert Châtelet (1883–1960) French mathematician and politician
• Émilie du Châtelet (1706−1749), a French mathematician, physicist, and author
• François Châtelet (1925−1985), a French historian of political philosophy
• François Châtelet (mathematician), French mathematician

Places

Belgium

• Châtelet, Belgium, a municipality in the province of Hainaut

France

• The Grand Châtelet, a former stronghold with courts, police, and prisons on the site of the Place du Châtelet
• Place du Châtelet, a public square in Paris, on the right bank of the Seine on the border of the 1st and 4th arrondissements
• Théâtre du Châtelet, a theatre in Paris, on the Place du Châtelet
• Châtelet (Paris Métro), 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

Switzerland

• Le Châtelet (mountain), in Switzerland

Other uses

• Châtelet surface, a surface in algebraic geometry