Chinon
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Commune of Chinon |
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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) |
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| Elevation | 27 m–112 m (avg. 37 m) |
| Land area¹ | 39.02 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
8,716 |
| - Density | 223/km² (1999) |
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| 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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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For other uses, see Chinon (disambiguation).
Chinon is a town and commune of the Indre-et-Loire département in France.
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[edit] Geography
Chinon is located in the Vallée de la Vienne (Vienne River valley). It is situated on the banks of the Vienne River, at
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[edit] Wine
In recent years, its wines have come to be recognized as some of the best produced in France. Carved into the banks of the Vienne River, and open to public visits, are the caves, or wine cellars, for Chinon's famous Cabernet Franc-based red wines.
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- Chinon was the birthplace of François Rabelais, (c.1493-1553), a renowned Renaissance writer, famous for his Gargantua series. A statue to him stands on the river bank.
- Chinon is the setting for the historic fiction story The Lion in Winter.
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