Châteaugay, Puy-de-Dôme Département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

🇫🇷 Châteaugay (Chasteugai) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. It is part of the Clermont-Ferrand attraction area.

Geography: Location Châteaugay is located at the end of a volcanic basaltic plateau (the Lachaud plateau, from the Puys chain) that dominates the Limagne plain.

A member of the Clermont Auvergne Métropole metropolis, it is nevertheless closer to Riom (5.3 km north-north-east) than to the departmental prefecture (7.5 km to the south), or to Châtel-Guyon (8.6 km to the north) as the crow flies.

History The history of the municipality is closely linked to the history of the Châteaugay castle.

Of a rural character and winemaker throughout the first half of the 20th century, the village gradually became a residential municipality with the realization of a large number of individual constructions. Two craft and commercial areas, one in the village, the other on the edge of National Road 9 (currently departmental 2009), complete the local economic fabric.

During the revolutionary period of the National Convention (1792-1795), the municipality bore the name Bel-Air.

Companies As of January 1, 2014, Châteaugay had 152 companies: 14 in industry, 40 in construction, 82 in trade, transport and miscellaneous services and 16 in the administrative sector 7.

In addition, it had 163 establishments at 8.

Commerce The permanent base of equipment for 2015 lists seven shops: a large DIY area, a grocery store, two bakeries (one closed in 2021), a butcher-charcuterie (closed in 2022), a bookstore-stationery-newspapers and a furniture store.

Places and monuments • Châteaugay Castle; built on the site of the 11th century Vigoche castle. The lords of Vigoche were mentioned in the middle of the 13th century. The castle and the seigneury were acquired by the sires of Giac in the middle of the 14th century. In 1381, Pierre II de Giac, Chancellor of the Duke of Berry and future Chancellor of France, had the building he named Château-Gay rebuilt.

It originally included a central building and two watchtowers, to which were added two towers fifty years later, then in the 15th century and the Renaissance various extensions and decorations, including a superb stone door in the inner courtyard. The castle, from which you have a striking view of the Limagne, the Forez mountains, and the Puys chain, is open to visit. Its square dungeon of the 14th century remained intact. • The vineyard; in 1809 when Napoleon I had the first cadastre established, the entire hillside exposed to the south and east on the edge of the Limagne plain was covered with vines. The Châteaugay vineyard (gamay and chardonnay; rediscovery of black damask or syrah of Auvergne) has been spreading on its slopes since the 18th century, and produces an AOC wine, Chateaugay. • Rue des Caves; it is lined with cellars dug directly into the perite, by prisoners at the time of Napoleon I. • The new church; this church, which had not been used for worship for a long time, was desecrated on June 1, 1981 by the Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand Jean Dardel48. • A school built in the 1970s with interesting shapes.

Health Three general medicine doctors, a pharmacy, a nursing office, a physiotherapist, a dentist.

Sport Châteaugay has a bowling alley, two tennis courts, an outdoor board and playground, a large playground with two courts where collective sports are practiced, two non-specialized rooms where at least one physical or sporting activity is practiced, a gymnasium and three hiking loops with four circuits, according to the permanent base of equipment of 201445.

The municipality has several sports associations: • team sports: AS Châteaugay Football, AS Châteaugay rugby (created in 1977, 52 licensees), AS Châteaugay basketball (created in 1940 under the name "Amice sportive Châteaugay", renamed in 1998); • individual sports: VTT Arvernes Labro (cycling), Association Tennis Châteaugay ATC; • martial arts: Viet Vo Dao Châteaugay.

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Transport: Road The municipality is served by the departmental road 2009, former national road 9, expressway connecting Riom to Clermont-Ferrand. Châteaugay benefits from this access through the RD 402 interchange located on the bordering municipality of Cébazat in both directions, as well as a second interchange further north in the direction of Riom → Clermont-Ferrand towards RD 763 serving the village of Pompignat, east of the capital5.

Part of RD 763 passes through the municipality, for the service of the Graviers industrial zone.

The city centre is crossed by two antennas of RD 402 connecting Malauzat to the expressway as well as to Gerzat: RD 402d and RD 402e, serving the village of Chalard. RD 21 starts in Châteaugay in the direction of Cébazat.

Transport: Public The municipality is served by the T2C public transport network. Line 31 connects Les Vignes (correspondence with the tramway) to Chalard and operates from Monday to Saturday. During off-peak hours, on-demand transport takes over.

Coaches provide school bus, taken care of by the municipality, to the primary schools of the municipality, Volvic, Riom or Clermont-Ferrand.