Château-Chinon (Ville)

Château-Chinon (Ville) is a commune in the Nièvre department in France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

The villages around the town are grouped in another commune named Château-Chinon (Campagne).

François Mitterrand (1916–1996), President of France from 1981 to 1995, was the mayor of Château-Chinon from 1959 to 1981.

It is 306 km (by car) southeast of Paris.

Twin towns

 * 🇮🇹 Cortona, Italy
 * 🇲🇱 Timbuktu, Mali
 * 🇫🇷 Villeréal, France