Chinon
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Centre |
Department | Indre-et-Loire (37) |
Arrondissement | Chinon |
Canton | Chinon |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Rivière - Chinon - Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt |
Mayor | Jean-Pierre Duvergne (2006-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 27 m–112 m (avg. 37 m) |
Land area¹ | 39.02 km² |
Population² (1999) |
8,716 |
- Density | 223/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 37072/ 37500 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
Chinon is a town and commune of the Indre-et-Loire département in France.
[change] Geography
Chinon is located in the Vallée de la Vienne (Vienne River valley). The town is on the banks of the Vienne River, at the coordinates 47°10′N 0°14′E.