Châteaufort, Yvelines

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Coordinates: 48°43′56″N 2°05′32″E / 48.7322, 2.0922

Commune of Châteaufort
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Versailles
Canton	Versailles-Sud
Mayor	Patrice Pannetier (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	86 m–164 m (avg. 150 m)
Land area¹	4,88 km²
Population² (1999)	1453
- Density	297,7/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	78143/ 78117
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Châteaufort is a commune of the Yvelines département, of the Île-de-France region, in France. It is located 9 km south of Versailles, and 27 km southwest of Paris. Châteaufort inhabitants are named Castelfortain.

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 attempted from a Blériot plane from 200 m above the ground.