Title: Chinon Content: 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. ==History== The historic town of Chinon is on the banks of the Vienne river about from where it joins the Loire. ==Geography== The city of Chinon is along the Vienne river, near the confluence with the Loire river. The commune has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The distances from Chinon to other cities are: * Paris, the national capital - ; * Tours, the departmental capital - ; * Strasbourg - ; * Reims - ; * Bordeaux - ; * Toulouse - ; * Montpellier - ; * Lyon - ; * Nantes - ; * Marseille - .  The commune of Chinon is surrounded by the communes: ===Climate=== The climate of Chinon, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers. ==Population== The inhabitants of Chinon are known, in French, as Chinonais (women: Chinonaises). With a population of 8,073, Chinon has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Chinon Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:9000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2005 text:2005 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 7735 bar:1975 from:0 till: 8014 bar:1982 from:0 till: 8622 bar:1990 from:0 till: 8627 bar:1999 from:0 till: 8716 bar:2005 from:0 till: 8169 bar:2014 from:0 till: 8073 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 7735 fontsize:S text: 7,735 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 8014 fontsize:S text: 8,014 shift:(-18,5) bar:1982 at: 8622 fontsize:S text: 8,622 shift:(-18,5) bar:1990 at: 8627 fontsize:S text: 8,627 shift:(-18,5) bar:1999 at: 8716 fontsize:S text: 8,716 shift:(-18,5) bar:2005 at: 8169 fontsize:S text: 8,169 shift:(-18,5) bar:2014 at: 8073 fontsize:S text: 8,073 shift:(-18,5) == Administration == Chinon is a subprefecture of the Indre-et-Loire department, the capital of the arrondissement of Chinon and the administrative centre  of the canton of Chinon, with 34,893 inhabitants (2014). It is part of the intercommunality Chinon, Vienne et Loire . ==Gallery== File:Chateau de Chinon SE 01.jpg|The Château de Chinon, and the Vienne river. File:RChinon.jpg|Street in Chinon. File:Chinon, la Vienne (vue du château).JPG|Chinon: view from the castle. File:Eglise Saint-Maurice - vue d'ensemble.JPG|Chinon: the Saint-Maurice church. File:Castillo de Chinon jul mmxii 06.JPG|The Château de Chinon. ==Related pages== * Arrondissements of the Indre-et-Loire department * Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department