Chinon
French commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
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Summary
Chinon is a commune of France[1]. Chinon ranks in the top 0.37% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,938 views/month, #115 of 31,031).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Les Plus Beaux Détours de France[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Indre-et-Loire[4], arrondissement of Chinon[5]
- Country: France[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Vienne[7]
- Shares border with: Beaumont-en-Véron[8], Cinais[9], Cravant-les-Côteaux[10], Huismes[11], Rivière[12], La Roche-Clermault[13], Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Hofheim am Taunus[15], Tiverton[16], Tenkodogo[17], Certaldo[18]
- Postal code: 37500[19]
- Part of: Centre-Val de Loire[20]
- Commons category: Chinon[21]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[22], UTC+02:00[23]
- Archives at: archives municipales de Chinon[24]
- Official website: https://www.ville-chinon.com/[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chinon[26]
- Email address: mailto:sbergeault@ville-chinon.com[27]
- Population: 8044[28], 8716[29], 8101[30], 8644[31], 8242[32], 8145[33], 7735[34], 8014[35], 8622[36], 8627[37], 8256[38], 7911[39], 8104[40], 8063[41]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Chinon[42]
- Phone number: +33-2-47-93-53-00[43]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[44], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[45], Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition[46]
- Capital of: arrondissement of Chinon[47], canton of Chinon[48]
- Official name: Chinon[49]
- List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques de Chinon[50]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Chinon[51]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Chinon[52]
- Female population: 4368[53]
- Male population: 3874[54]
Why It Matters
Chinon has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Chinon is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]