The Loire Valley (French: Val de Loire, pronounced [val də lwaʁ]; Breton: Traoñ al Liger), 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).

The châteaux of the Loire Valley (French: châteaux de la Loire) are part of the architectural heritage of the historic towns of Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon, Montsoreau, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours along the river Loire in France.They illustrate Renaissance ideals of design in France.. The châteaux of the Loire Valley number over three hundred, ranging from practical fortified …

The Loire (/ l w ɑːr /, also US: / l u ˈ ɑːr /; French pronunciation: (); Occitan: Léger, Occitan pronunciation: ; Latin: Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of 1,006 kilometres (625 mi), it drains 117,054 km 2 (45,195 sq mi), more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône.

Chinon (French pronunciation: ()) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.. The traditional province around Chinon, Touraine, became a favorite resort of French kings and their nobles beginning in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.The Renaissance châteaux which they built new or erected on the foundations of old fortresses …

Anjou wine is produced in the Loire Valley wine region of France near the city of Angers.The wines of region are often grouped together with the wines of nearby Saumur as "Anjou-Saumur". Along with the wines produced further east in Touraine, Anjou-Saumur make what is collectively known as the "Middle Loire" (as opposed to the "Upper Loire" which includes the wine regions …

The Loire Valley wine region includes the French wine regions situated along the river Loire from the Muscadet region near the city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast to the region of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé just southeast of the city of Orléans in north central France.In between are the regions of Anjou wine, Saumur, Bourgueil, Chinon, and Vouvray.The Loire Valley itself follows …

Angers (UK: / ˈ ɒ̃ ʒ eɪ /, US: / ɒ̃ ˈ ʒ eɪ, ˈ æ n dʒ ər z /, French: ()) is a city in western France, about 300 km (190 mi) southwest of Paris.It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution.The inhabitants of both the city and the province are called Angevins or, more rarely, Angeriens.

History. Saint-Vallier in Drôme was the birthplace of one of France's most famous courtesans, the noble-born Diane de Poitiers (1499–1566), long-term mistress of King Henri II (1519–1559).. The French National Constituent Assembly set up Drôme as one of the original 83 departments of France on March 4, 1790, during the French Revolution.The territory formed part of the former …

Centre-Val de Loire (/ ˌ v æ l d ə ˈ l w ɑː r /, / ˌ v ɑː l-/, French pronunciation: [sɑ̃tʁə val də lwaʁ], lit. 'Centre-Loire Valley') or Centre Region (French: région Centre, [ʁeʒjɔ̃ sɑ̃tʁ]), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France.It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior of the country, with a population of ...

Orléans is located in the northern bend of the Loire, which crosses from east to west. Orléans belongs to the vallée de la Loire sector between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire, which was in 2000 inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.The capital of Orléanais, 120 kilometres southwest of Paris, is bordered to the north by the Beauce region, more specifically …