Châtelet or Chatelet may refer to:

  • Châtelet, a type of large gatehouse, a fortified entry point of a castle

Places

Belgium

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

France

  • 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 station, a Paris Metro station, located near the Place du Châtelet
  • Châtelet–Les Halles station, a major RER station in Paris, attached to both the Châtelet and Les Halles metro stations
  • Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse, a commune in Haute-Marne that is near the source of the Meuse

Switzerland

  • Le Châtelet (mountain), in Switzerland

Other uses

  • Châtelet surface, a surface in algebraic geometry

People with the surname

  • Albert Châtelet (1883–1960), French mathematician and politician
  • Émilie du Châtelet (1706−1749), French mathematician, physicist, and author
  • François Châtelet (1925−1985), French historian of political philosophy
  • François Châtelet (mathematician) (1912–1987), French mathematician
  • Gilles Châtelet (1944–1999), French philosopher and mathematician

See also

  • Châtelain (female chatelaine), the French title for the keeper of a castle
  • Chastellet, a Templar castle lost to Saladin at the Siege of Jacob's Ford