Back Chinon Afrikaans Chinon AN شينون Arabic شينون ARZ Шынон Byelorussian Chinon Breton Chinon Catalan Шинон CE Chinon CEB Chinon Czech
Chinon | |
|---|---|
Subprefecture and commune | |
 The Château de Chinon, and the Vienne river | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Chinon  | |
  Chinon  Chinon | |
| Coordinates: 47°10′04″N 0°14′37″E / 47.1678°N 0.2436°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Chinon |
| Canton | Chinon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Jean-Luc Dupont[1] |
| Area 1 | 39.02 km2 (15.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | 8,073 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Chinonais / Chinonaises |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37072 /37500 |
| Elevation | 27–112 m (89–367 ft) (avg. 37 m or 121 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Chinon is a French commune. It is in the west of the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region, to the southwest of Paris, and is a subprefecture in the department. It is also the capital of the arrrondissement of Chinon and the administrative centre of the Chinon canton.
Chinon is in the valley of the Loire river, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.
- ↑ "Le conseil municipal" (in French). Ville de Chinon. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.