Saumur

commune in Maine-et-Loire, France
Place commune_of_france Q193821
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Summary

Saumur is a commune of France[1]. Saumur ranks in the top 0.41% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,068 views/month, #126 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Maine-et-Loire[3], arrondissement of Saumur[4], Communauté d'agglomération Saumur Val de Loire[5]
  • Country: France[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Loire[7]
  • Instance of: city[8]
  • Shares border with: Allonnes[9], Distré[10], Rou-Marson[11], Souzay-Champigny[12], Varrains[13], Verrie[14], Villebernier[15], Vivy[16], Bellevigne-les-Châteaux[17], Gennes-Val-de-Loire[18]
  • Twinned administrative body: Havelberg[19], Warwick[20], Asheville[21], Formigine[22]
  • Postal code: 49400[23]
  • Child organization or unit: Q113238150[24], Q113238227[25], Q113238434[26], Q113238441[27]
  • Commons category: Saumur[28]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[29], UTC+02:00[30]
  • Archives at: archives municipales de Saumur[31]
  • Official website: http://www.ville-saumur.fr[32]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Saumur[33]
  • Commons gallery: Saumur[34]
  • Email address: mailto:contact@saumur.fr[35]
  • Population: 27,413[36], 27,486[37], 28,554[38], 26,734[39], 26,599[40], 21,551[41], 32,515[42], 32,149[43], 30,131[44], 29,857[45], 28,654[46], 27,093[47], 26,467[48], 26,154[49]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Saumur[50]
  • Phone number: +33-2-41-83-30-00[51]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[52], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[53]
  • Replaces: Bagneux[54], Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent[55], Dampierre-sur-Loire[56], Saint-Lambert-des-Levées[57]
  • Capital of: arrondissement of Saumur[58], canton of Saumur[59]
  • Official name: Saumur[60]

Why It Matters

Saumur has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Saumur is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [7] ↑ . Sandre. sandre.eaufrance.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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