Château de Montépin, Renaissance castle in Bâgé-Dommartin, France.

Château de Montépin is a Renaissance-style pleasure house built of pale stone, with circular and square towers capped by tall roofs; the central round tower ends in a steep conical roof with a thin metal spire. A large park with a rotunda and a small chapel surrounds it.

In 1273 Geoffroy, preceptor of Laumusse, received two mas (farmsteads) at the hamlet of Montépin from Barthélémy Cholet, a burgess of Bâgé, on behalf of the Knights Templar. The castle was a seigneurial fief with a fortified house at Bâgé-la-Ville, built in the 15th century by Philibert Briscaud, secretary to Philibert, Duke of Savoy. Jean Aymond, son of Claudine Briscaud, inherited it and passed it to his descendants; it was rebuilt in 1880 by M. de Ballore and sold to a private buyer in 2018.

The name Montépin comes from the hamlet where, in 1273, the Templar Geoffroy, preceptor of Laumusse, received two farms from Barthélémy Cholet, a burgher of Bâgé. The estate later passed through the Briscaud family: Jean Aymond, son of Claudine Briscaud, inherited it and handed it to his descendants. A small chapel stands in the grounds, and the property was sold to a private buyer in 2018.

This castle is private property and not open to the public for visits. You can view the exterior and surrounding grounds from nearby roads as you travel through the area.

The 1880 rebuilding by M. de Ballore gave the castle its present form, but the estate's documented history begins in 1273: Geoffroy, preceptor of Laumusse, received two mas (farmsteads) at the hamlet of Montépin from Barthélémy Cholet, a burgess of Bâgé. The property passed through the Briscaud family and was sold to a private buyer in 2018.