National Shooting Centre (France)

{{Short description|Shooting range in Chateauroux, France}}

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| address = Route de Lignières, RD 925, 36130 Déols

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| location = Châteauroux

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| owner = French Shooting Federation

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The National Shooting Centre ({{langx|fr|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.[http://www.chateauroux-metropole.fr/les-projets-de-territoire-de-nos-partenaires/centre-national-de-tir-321.html Centre national de tir sportif - Châteauroux Métropole] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923001906/http://www.chateauroux-metropole.fr/les-projets-de-territoire-de-nos-partenaires/centre-national-de-tir-321.html |date=2021-09-23 }}"la pose de la première pierre s'est déroulée le 31 mars 2016"{{Cite web |url=http://www.chateauroux-metropole.fr/les-grands-projets/centre-national-de-tir-321.html |title=Centre national de tir - Châteauroux Métropole |access-date=2016-12-21 |archive-date=2016-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106170233/http://www.chateauroux-metropole.fr/les-grands-projets/centre-national-de-tir-321.html |url-status=dead }} The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot in August 2017 was the first major event to be held on the range.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre/le-centre-national-de-tir-a-portee-des-championnats|title=Le Centre national de tir à portée des championnats|date=May 12, 2017|website=lanouvellerepublique.fr}} In 2018 the final parts of the shooting range were completed and inaugurated.{{Cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=3049|title=New National Shooting Centre CNTS inaugurated in France|website=ISSF}}

The centre was used as the shooting venue for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=Shooting at the Paris 2024 Olympics |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/articles/cpeewngng98o |website=BBC Sport |access-date=2 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609045259/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/shooting/articles/cpeewngng98o |archive-date=June 9, 2024 |language=en |date=7 June 2024 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Chateauroux Shooting Centre {{!}} Paris 2024 |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/venues/chateauroux-shooting-centre |website=Olympics.com |access-date=2 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728060628/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/venues/chateauroux-shooting-centre |archive-date=28 July 2024 |language=en |url-status=live}}