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ID: 7008281
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008281
Record Type:
administrative
Chinon (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 47 10 02 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 47.1672
decimal degrees
Long: 000 14 44 E
degrees minutes
Long: 0.2456
decimal degrees
Note:
Town on the Vienne River; an important stronghold even before the arrival of the Romans; 3 fortresses built 11th-15th cen.; besieged by Philip II of France 1204-1205; site of first meeting of Joan of Arc & Charles VII.
Names:
Chinon
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
France
(nation) (
P
)
............
Centre-Val de Loire
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Chinon
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
France
(nation) (
P
)
............
Centre-Val de Loire
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Touraine
(historical region) (
P,
H
)
....................
Chinon
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled since before Roman times
town (
C
)
commune (administrative) (
C
)
fortified settlement (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Chinon..........
[
BHA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 185
.................
Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
.................
Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1992)
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
45
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 185
..................
Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
..................
Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1992)
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-1420214
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
45
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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