Blois
French commune and city in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
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Summary
Blois is a commune of France[1]. Blois ranks in the top 0.32% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,625 views/month, #98 of 31,031).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Blois[3], canton of Blois-4[4], canton of Blois-5[5], Loir-et-Cher[6]
- Country: France[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Loire[8]
- Head of government: Marc Gricourt[9]
- Instance of: city[10]
- Shares border with: Fossé[11], Chailles[12], La Chaussée-Saint-Victor[13], Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt[14], Saint-Sulpice-de-Pommeray[15], Villebarou[16], Vineuil[17], Valencisse[18], Valloire-sur-Cisse[19]
- Twinned administrative body: Weimar[20], Urbino[21], Waldshut-Tiengen[22], Lewes[23], Sighișoara[24], Huế[25], Cáceres[26], Azrou[27]
- Postal code: 41000[28]
- Commons category: Blois[29]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[30], UTC+02:00[31]
- Archives at: archives municipales de Blois[32]
- Official website: https://www.blois.fr/[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Blois[34]
- Commons gallery: Blois[35]
- Population: 45,539[36], 45,710[37], 47,524[38], 46,086[39], 45,871[40], 42,264[41], 49,778[42], 47,243[43], 49,318[44], 49,171[45], 48,487[46], 46,390[47], 45,898[48], 46,660[49]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Blois[50]
- Phone number: +33-2-54-44-50-50[51]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[52], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[53], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[54], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[55], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[56], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[57], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[58]
Why It Matters
Blois has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Blois is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]