Centre-Val de Loire
Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement of Loches

Amboise

Amboise is a town in the Indre-et-Loire department of central France, 20 km east of . Amboise has about 12,900 residents.
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  • Type: Town with 12,900 residents
  • Description: commune in Indre-et-Loire, France
  • Also known as: “Amboise (France)”, “Amboise-Extra-Muros”, and “Saint-Denis-Hors (réunie à Amboise)”
  • Postal code: 37400

Places of Interest

Highlights include Château d’Amboise and Clos Lucé.

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The Château d'Amboise is a château in Amboise, located in the département of the in France. Confiscated by the monarchy in the 15th century, it became a favoured royal residence and was extensively rebuilt.

Museum
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The Château du , formerly called Manoir du Cloux, is a large château located in the center of Amboise, in the department of , in the region of .

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the town Amboise, department, central . It is situated on the Paris–Bordeaux railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nazelles-Négron and Pocé-sur-Cisse.

Village
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is a commune in the department in central .

Village
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is a commune in the department in central . is situated 3½ km north of Amboise.

Amboise

Latitude
47.411° or 47° 24′ 40″ north
Longitude
0.9837° or 0° 59′ 1″ east
Population
12,900
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
Name during the French Revolution
“Saint-Denis-Hors”
IATA airport code
XAM
United Nations Location Code
FR ABO
Open location code
8FV2CX6M+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26692169
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3037902
Wiki­data ID
Q205116
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Amboise” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Amboise”
  • Arabic: “أمبواز”
  • Arabic: “امبواز”
  • Aragonese: “Amboise”
  • Armenian: “Ամբուազ”
  • Arpitan: “Amboise”
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  • Azerbaijani: “Ambuaz”
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  • Belarusian: “Амбуаз”
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  • Chinese: “Amboise”
  • Chinese: “昂布瓦斯”
  • Corsican: “Amboise”
  • Croatian: “Amboise”
  • Czech: “Amboise (France)”
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  • Danish: “Amboise”
  • Dutch: “Amboise (plaats)”
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  • Egyptian Arabic: “امبواز”
  • Esperanto: “Amboise”
  • Estonian: “Amboise”
  • Faroese: “Amboise”
  • Finnish: “Amboise”
  • French: “Amboise-Extra-Muros”
  • French: “Amboise”
  • French: “Amboyse”
  • French: “Saint-Denis-Hors (réunie à Amboise)”
  • Friulian: “Amboise”
  • Galician: “Amboise”
  • German: “Amboise (France)”
  • German: “Amboise”
  • Greek: “Αμπουάζ”
  • Haitian: “Amboise”
  • Hebrew: “אמבואז”
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  • Italian: “Ambosa”
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  • Japanese: “アンボワーズ”
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  • Kashmiri: “اَمبوایس”
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  • Latin: “Ambacia”
  • Latin: “Ambiacum”
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  • Malagasy: “Christian Guyon”
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  • Ossetian: “Амбуаз”
  • Papiamento: “Amboise”
  • Persian: “آمبوآز”
  • Persian: “امبوز”
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  • Russian: “Амбуаз”
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  • Scottish Gaelic: “Amboise”
  • Serbian: “Amboaz”
  • Serbian: “Amboise”
  • Serbian: “Амбоаз”
  • Serbian: “Омброз”
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  • Swedish: “Amboise”
  • Swedish: “Slottet Amboise”
  • Swiss German: “Amboise”
  • Tajik: “Амбуаз”
  • Tajik: “Амбӯз”
  • Tatar: “Амбуаз”
  • Turkish: “Amboise”
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  • Venetian: “Ambosa”
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