National Shooting Centre (France)
46°49′26″N 1°45′26″E / 46.82389°N 1.75722°E
Centre national de tir sportif (CNTS) | |
 Corridor serving the 25 and 50-meter firing points | |
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| Address | Route de Lignières, RD 925, 36130 Déols France |
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| Location | Châteauroux |
| Owner | French Shooting Federation |
| Operator | French Shooting Federation |
| Current use | Shooting Sports |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2016 |
| Opened | 2018 |
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The National Shooting Centre (French: Centre National de Tir Sportif) (CNTS) is a shooting range in Châteauroux, France, owned by the French Shooting Federation (FFTir). The site includes shooting facilities for all Olympic and ISSF disciplines, as well as IPSC Practical disciplines and FITASC clay pigeon shooting.
Construction started on 31 March 2016.[1][2] The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot in August 2017 was the first major event to be held on the range.[3] In 2018 the final parts of the shooting range were completed and inaugurated.[4]
The centre was used as the shooting venue for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.[5][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Centre national de tir sportif - Châteauroux Métropole Archived 2021-09-23 at the Wayback Machine"la pose de la première pierre s'est déroulée le 31 mars 2016"
- ^ "Centre national de tir - Châteauroux Métropole". Archived from the original on 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
- ^ "Le Centre national de tir à portée des championnats". lanouvellerepublique.fr. May 12, 2017.
- ^ "New National Shooting Centre CNTS inaugurated in France". ISSF.
- ^ "Shooting at the Paris 2024 Olympics". BBC Sport. 7 June 2024. Archived from the original on June 9, 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Chateauroux Shooting Centre | Paris 2024". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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