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Also known as Saint-Denis-Hors (réunie à Amboise), Amboise-Extra-Muros, Amboise (France)

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

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Air quality

48US AQIGood
PM2.5
4.6 µg/m³
PM10
7.8 µg/m³
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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

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  • Geography
  • History
  • Population
  • Sights
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  • See also
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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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