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Loire Valley
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French World Heritage Site
Key facts
- Location
- France
- Criteria
- Cultural: i, ii, iv
- Reference
- 933bis
- Inscription
- 2000 (24th Session )
- Area
- 86,021 ha
- Buffer zone
- 213,481 ha
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river valley
- Part of
- France
- Has part
- Châteaux of the Loire Valley
- Named after
- Loire
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Pays de la Loire
- Body of water
- Loire
- Official website
- loirevalley-worldheritage.org
- Image
- Château de Chenonceau - west facade over Cher (4 May 2006).JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
Sunset on the Loire River from the Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art The Loire Valley (French: Vallée de la Loire, pronounced [vale də la lwaʁ]), spanning 280 kilometres (170 mi), is a valley located in the middle stretch of the Loire river in central France, in both the administrative regions Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire. The area of the Loire Valley comprises about 800 square kilometres (310 sq mi). It is referred to as the Cradle of the French and the Garden of France due to the abundance of vineyards, fruit orchards (such as cherries), and artichoke and asparagus fields, which line the banks of the river. Notable for its historic towns, architecture, and wines, the valley has been inhabited since the Middle Palaeolithic period. In 2000, UNESCO added the central part of the Loire River valley to its list of World Heritage Sites.
Geography and climate
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Loire Valley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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