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Amboise
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Amboise (; ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Today a small market town, it was once home to the French royal court.
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Amboise is a commune in France, situated in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Amboise and is located within the departments of Indre-et-Loire, specifically in the arrondissements of Loches and Tours. The town shares borders with Chargé, Civray-de-Touraine, La Croix-en-Touraine, and Dierre, and is positioned next to the Loire river.
With an area of 40.65 square kilometers, Amboise has a population of 13,246. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 127 meters. The official name includes Amboise-Extra-Muros, and the postal code is 37400. The town is twinned with Boppard and Suwa.
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Place details
- Locality
- Amboise
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 12,685
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Amboise
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- AmboiseRue.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Amboise, street near the castle
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Amboise (Indre-et-Loire).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Loches
- French commune.canton
- Amboise
- French commune.mayor
- Brice Ravier
- French commune.term
- 2023–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Val d'Amboise
- French commune.elevation m
- 58
- French commune.elevation min m
- 52
- French commune.elevation max m
- 127
- French commune.area km2
- 40.65
- French commune.INSEE
- 37003
- French commune.postal code
- 37400
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
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Amboise is served by regional trains, nearby Tours is connected with the national high speed network.
See
thumbnail|Château d'Amboise in Amboise
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
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- Economy
- International relations
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Amboise (; ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Today a small market town, it was once home to the French royal court.
==Geography== Amboise lies on the banks of the river Loire, east of Tours. It is also about away from the historic Château de Chenonceau, situated on the river Cher near the small village of Chenonceaux. Amboise station, on the north bank of the Loire, has rail connections to Orléans, Blois and Tours.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amboise” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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