What is Châtellerault?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Châtellerault |commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image = Vuesud1.jpg |caption = An aerial view of the centre of Châtellerault |arrondissement = Châtellerault |canton = [[Canton of Châtellerault-1|Châtellerault-1]], [[Canton of Châtellerault-2|2]] and [[Canton of Châtellerault-3|3]] |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Châtellerault (Vienne).svg |INSEE = 86066 |postal code = 86100 |mayor = Jean-Pierre Abelin<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Ville de Châtellerault |title=L'équipe 2014 |url=https://www.ville-chatellerault.fr/vie-municipale/les-elus/l-equipe-2014 |language=fr |access-date=16 April 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |term = 2014–2020 |intercommunality = Pays Châtelleraudais |coordinates = {{coord|46.8178|0.5461|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 60 |elevation min m = 42 |elevation max m = 134 |area km2 = 51.96 |population = 31,537 |population date = 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.centre-presse.fr/choixoffre.html?id_article=359090&famille=7,2,3|title=Centre Presse, journal d'informations locales de la Vienne : la boutique|website=www.centre-presse.fr}}</ref> |website = [http://www.ville-chatellerault.fr/ www.ville-chatellerault.fr] }} '''Châtellerault''' is a [[Communes of France|''commune'']] in the [[Vienne]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] [[Regions of France|region]] in western [[France]]. It is a [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]] of the Vienne department. It is also the [[Capital city|capital]] of the ''[[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]]'' of the same name. == Geography == Châtellerault is in the centre of the Vienne department. The [[Vienne (river)|Vi