Blois
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Blois | |
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![]() Panoramic view o Blois on the Loire River | |
Coordinates: 47°35′38″N 1°19′41″E / 47.5939°N 1.3281°ECoordinates: 47°35′38″N 1°19′41″E / 47.5939°N 1.3281°E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Depairtment | Loir-et-Cher |
Arrondissement | Blois |
Intercommunality | Blois |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Marc Gricourt (PS) |
Area 1 | 37.46 km2 (14.46 sq mi) |
Population (2009)2 | 46,013 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 41018 /41000 |
Elevation | 63–135 m (207–443 ft) (avg. 73 m or 240 ft) |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
Blois (French pronunciation: [blwɑ]) is a ceety an the caipital o Loir-et-Cher depairtment in central Fraunce, situatit on the banks o the lawer river Loire atween Orléans an Tours.
Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]
Blois is twinned wi:
Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany, syne 30 Juin 1963
Weimar, Germany, syne 18 Februar 1995
Lewes, Unitit Kinrick, syne 30 Juin 1963[1]
Sighişoara, Romanie, syne 18 November 1995
Urbino, Italy, syne 1 Mey 2003 ("friendship protocol")
Huế, Vietnam, syne 23 Mey 2007
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived frae the original on 5 Julie 2013. Retrieved 20 Julie 2013.