Châteaufort, Yvelines

Châteaufort
Town hall
Coat of arms
Châteaufort
Location within Île-de-France region Châteaufort
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Versailles
Canton	Versailles-Sud
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Patrice Pannetier
Area1	4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,461
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	78143 / 78117
Elevation	86–164 m (282–538 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Châteaufort (French pronunciation: ​[ʃɑtofɔːʁ]) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located 9 km (5.6 mi) south of Versailles, and 27 km (17 mi) southwest of Paris.

Châteaufort inhabitants are named Castelfortain.

Saint-Christophe

The commune is named after the existence of three fortified castles during the Middle Ages; indeed, château fort means "fortified castle" in French.

On August 19, 1913, ahead of the Châteaufort aerodrome, the French aviator Adolphe Pégoud became the first man to jump from a plane using a parachute. The jump was made from a Blériot plane 200 m above the ground.

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

References

• INSEE