Chenonceaux

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Chenonceaux
Chenonceaux Coat of Arms
Chenonceaux (France)
Chenonceaux
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement Loches
Canton Bléré
Community association Bléré Val de Cher
Coordinates 47 ° 20 '  N , 1 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 20 '  N , 1 ° 4'  E
height 54-129 m
surface 4.33 km 2
Residents 351 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 81 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 37150
INSEE code 37070

Chenonceau Castle above the Cher

Chenonceaux is a French municipality with 351 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Loches and the canton of Bléré . It is located about 25 km east of Tours on the right bank of the Cher .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 301 308 316 361 313 326 339 351
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Chenonceau Castle - without an "x" at the end; According to tradition, the difference in the spelling comes from the time of the French Revolution , when the owner at the time, Madame Dupin , wanted to move away from the place by omitting the letter. Since then the place has been written with and the castle without an “x”.

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 212-216.

Web links

Commons : Chenonceaux  - collection of images, videos and audio files