Chinon: facts

At a glance

• Country: France
• Region: Centre-Val de Loire
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 9,405
• Coordinates: 47.1670° N, 0.2428° E
• Time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Paris: 244 km (152 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Tours Val de Loire Airport (TUF): 47 km (29 mi), straight line
• Poitiers-Biard Airport (PIS): 65 km (40 mi), straight line
• Le Mans-Arnage Airport (LME): 87 km (54 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Saumur: 26 km (16 mi)
• Joue-les-Tours: 38 km (23 mi)
• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire: 41 km (26 mi)
• Tours: 43 km (27 mi)
• Saint-Avertin: 43 km (27 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Tours, 43 km (27 mi)