The letter names the appliance, the number is the width
A La Cornue model code is short and it says two things. The letter is the appliance: G is a
Château range, T is the matching rangetop, F is a Tourelle wall oven, H is a hood, and C9 and C1 are
the CornuFé 90 and 110 — with an -I suffix on a CornuFé meaning induction rather than dual
fuel. The number is the width in centimeters, halved and rounded the way the factory does it: 48 is
the 1800 mm Grand Palais 180, 45 the 1500 mm Château 150, 43 the Châtelet 135, 40 the Castel 60. So
G45 and T45 are the same 150 in its two forms, and the letter between them decides whether there are
ovens underneath.
The configuration code matters more than the model code
This is the part that has no equivalent on any other make in this fleet. Every Château is
assembled from cooktop modules chosen at order time, and the configuration code is what records the
choice: N1 to N9 on a 180, L1 to L9 on a 165, K1 to K6 on a 150, E0 to E5 on a 120, C1 to C5 on a 90,
B1 to B3 on a 75, and AA on the all-induction Castel 60. It says whether the top carries two gas
burners and a plaque coup de feu, a lava-rock grill, induction zones or a teppanyaki plate. Two
ranges with the same model number can therefore need completely different parts for the same
complaint, which is why a booking that carries the configuration gets the right parts on the first
visit.
Two of the maker’s own names for one range
The January 2026 price list calls G40, G47 and G49 the Castel 60, Castel 75 and Grand Castel 90 in
its index and its price lines — and the Château 60, Château 75 and Château 90 in its own
specification headings on the same pages. Neither name is wrong and neither is complete, so both are
published here. If your dealer said Castel and your paperwork says Château, they are the same
range.
Why this list is the current price book and nothing else
Every code on these pages is in La Cornue’s own January 2026 Prices and Specifications guide, its
CornuFé guide, or a per-model specification sheet, and every dimension and weight is read off those
documents. What is deliberately absent is permutation. It is tempting on this make to multiply size
by fuel by finish by configuration and publish a hundred pages — “Château 90 Dual-Fuel Polished
Brass French Top” — and an earlier network did exactly that, with ninety-nine model pages for a line
this size. Those are one range in different clothes. The configurations belong on the range’s own
page instead, which is where you will find them. If your code is not here, that says nothing about
whether we repair the appliance: send the code off the plate and what it is doing.
