List of communes of the Loire valley

The Loire Valley is listed UNESCO World Heritage site since 30 November 2000 under the reference 933bis.^[1] The justification for the inscription of the territory is based on several criteria: its architectural heritage which includes the Châteaux of the Loire (criterion I), its exceptional cultural landscape (criterion II) and its cultural monuments, witnesses of the Renaissance and the century Enlightenment (criterion IV).^[2]

The list includes at this date 160 communes distributed in 2 regions (Pays de la Loire and Center-Val de Loire) and 4 departments (Maine-et-Loire, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loire) on a distance of 280 km long stretching from Sully-sur-Loire to Chalonnes.

Commune	Postal code	Date of inscription
Amboise	37400	2000
Avaray	41500	2000
Avoine	37420	2000
Azay-le-Rideau	37190	2000
Ballan-Miré	37510	2000
Baule	45130	2000
Beaugency	45190	2000
Beaumont-en-Véron	37420	2000
Béhuard	49170	2000
Berthenay	37510	2000
Blaison-Gohier	49320	2000
Blois	41000	2000
Bou	45430	2000
Bouchemaine	49080	2000
Brain-sur-l'Authion	49800	2000
Bréhémont	37130	2000
Candes-Saint-Martin	37500	2000
Candé-sur-Beuvron	41120	2000
Cangey	37530	2000
Chailles	41120	2000
Chaingy	45380	2000
Chalonnes-sur-Loire	49170	2000
Chambord	41250	1981
Chargé	37530	2000
Châteauneuf-sur-Loire	45110	2000
Chaumont-sur-Loire	41150	2000
Chécy	45430	2000
Cheillé	37190	2000
Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault	49350	2000
Chenonceaux	37150	2017
Chinon	37500	2000
Chouzé-sur-Loire	37140	2000
Chouzy-sur-Cisse	41150	2000
Cinais	37500	2000
Cinq-Mars-la-Pile	37130	2000
Cléry-Saint-André	45370	2000
Combleux	45800	2000
Courbouzon	41500	2000
Cour-sur-Loire	41500	2000
Darvoy	45150	2000
Denée	49190	2000
Dry	45370	2000
Fondettes	37230	2000
Fontevraud-l'Abbaye	49590	2000
Gennes	49350	2000
Germigny-des-Prés	45110	2000
Huismes	37420	2000
Ingrandes-de-Touraine	37140	2000
Jargeau	45150	2000
Joué-lès-Tours	37300	2000
Juigné-sur-Loire	49610	2000
La Bohalle	49800	2000
La Chapelle-sur-Loire	37140	2000
La Chapelle-aux-Naux	37130	2000
La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin	45380	2000
La Chaussée-Saint-Victor	41260	2000
La Daguenière	49800	2000
La Ménitré	49250	2000
La Possonnière	49170	2000
La Riche	37520	2000
La Roche-Clermault	37500	2000
La Ville-aux-Dames	37500	2000
Lailly-en-Val	45740	2000
Langeais	37130	2000
Larçay	37270	2000
Le Thoureil	49350	2000
Lerné	37500	2000
Les Ponts-de-Cé	49130	2000
Les Rosiers	49350	2000
Lestiou	41500	2000
Lignières-de-Touraine	37130	2000
Limeray	37530	2000
Lussault-sur-Loire	37400	2000
Luynes	37230	2000
Mardié	45430	2000
Mareau-aux-Prés	45370	2000
Maslives	41250	2000
Menars	41500	2000
Mer	41500	2000
Meung-sur-Loire	45130	2000
Monteaux	41150	2000
Montlivault	41350	2000
Montlouis-sur-Loire	37270	2000
Montsoreau	49730	2000
Mosnes	37530	2000
Muides-sur-Loire	41500	2000
Mûrs-Erigné	49610	2000
Nazelles-Negron	37530	2000
Neuvy-en-Sullias	45510	2000
Noizay	37210	2000
Olivet	45160	2000
Onzain	41150	2000
Orléans	45100	2000
Ouvrouer-les-Champs	45150	2000
Parnay	49730	2000
Pocé-sur-Cisse	37530	2000
Rigny-Ussé	37420	2000
Rilly-sur-Loire	41150	2000
Rivarennes	37190	2000
Rivière	37500	2000
Rochecorbon	37210	2000
Rochefort-sur-Loire	49190	2000
Saint-Clément-des-Levées	49350	2000
Saint-Jean-de-la-Croix	49130	2000
Saint-Jean-des-Mauvrets	49320	2000
Saint-Martin-de-la-Place	49160	2000
Saint-Mathurin-sur-Loire	49250	2000
Saint-Rémy-la-Varenne	49250	2000
Saint-Saturnin-sur-Loire	49320	2000
Saint-Sulpice	49320	2000
Saint-Avertin	37550	2000
Saint-Ay	45130	2000
Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire	45730	2000
Saint-Claude-de-Diray	41350	2000
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire	37540	2000
Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel	45550	2000
Saint-Denis-en-Val	45560	2000
Saint-Denis-sur-Loire	41000	2000
Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire	41500	2000
Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire	49130	2000
Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny	37230	2000
Saint-Genouph	37510	2000
Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne	37500	2000
Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt	41350	2000
Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin	45160	2000
Saint-Jean-de-Braye	45800	2000
Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle	45140	2000
Saint-Jean-le-Blanc	45650	2000
Saint-Laurent-Nouan	41220	2000
Saint-Martin-d'Abbat	45110	2000
Saint-Michel-sur-Loire	37130	2000
Saint-Patrice	37130	2000
Saint-Père-sur-Loire	45600	2000
Saint-Pierre-des-Corps	37700	2000
Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin	45750	2000
Sandillon	445640	2000
Saumur	49400	2000
Savennières	49170	2000
Savigny-en-Véron	37420	2000
Savonnières	37510	2000
Seuilly	37500	2000
Sigloy	45110	2000
Souzay-Champigny	49400	2000
Suèvres	41500	2000
Sully-sur-Loire	45600	2000
Tavers	45190	2000
Thizay	37500	2000
Tours	37000	2000
Trélazé	49800	2000
Turquant	49730	2000
Vallères	37190	2000
Varennes-sur-Loire	49730	2000
Véretz	37270	2000
Vernou-sur-Brenne	37210	2000
Veuves	41150	2000
Villandry	37510	2000
Villebernier	49400	2000
Vineuil	41350	2000
Vouvray	37210	2000

References[]

^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.

External links[]

Coordinates: 47°12′59″N 0°03′44″E / 47.21639°N 0.06222°E / 47.21639; 0.06222

[1] Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.

[2] Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.

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v t World Heritage Sites in France
List of World Heritage Sites in France
Île-de-France	Palace and Park of Versailles Fontainebleau Palace and Park Paris: Banks of the Seine Provins
Parisian basin	Amiens Cathedral Belfries of Belgium and France¹ Bourges Cathedral Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars Chartres Cathedral Climats and terroirs of Burgundy Reims: Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi, Palace of Tau Abbey of Fontenay Le Havre Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay Vézelay Church and hill
Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Belfries of Belgium and France¹ Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
East	Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans Nancy: Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance Strasbourg: Grande Île, Neustadt Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps³
West	Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe
South West	Episcopal city, Albi Port of the Moon, Bordeaux Prehistoric sites and decorated caves of the Vézère valley Pyrénées – Mont Perdu² Saint-Émilion
Centre East	Chaîne des Puys Chauvet Cave Lyon
Mediterranean	Roman and Romanesque monuments, Arles Carcassonne citadel Gulf of Porto: Calanches de Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble, Avignon Bridge Pont du Gard Orange: Roman Theatre and environs, Triumphal Arch
Multiple regions	The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Canal du Midi Fortifications of Vauban Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe⁴
Overseas departments and territories	French Austral Lands and Seas Lagoons of New Caledonia Pitons, cirques and remparts of Réunion Taputapuātea
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