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

Loches

Loches is a commune in the department of , , . It is situated 42 kilometres southeast of by road, on the left bank of the river .
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  • Type: Town with 6,180 residents
  • Description: French commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
  • Postal code: 37600

Places of Interest

Highlights include Château de Loches and Gare de Loches.

Castle
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The is a castle located in the département of in the in France; it was constructed in the 9th century. Built some 500 metres away from the river , the huge castle, famous mostly for its massive square keep, dominates the town of Loches.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Perrusson.

Village
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is a commune in the department in central .

Loches

Latitude
47.1282° or 47° 7′ 41″ north
Longitude
0.998° or 0° 59′ 53″ east
Population
6,180
Elevation
78 metres (256 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FR OCS
Open location code
8FV24XHX+75
Open­Street­Map ID
node 335342883
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2997996
Wiki­data ID
Q213349
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Loches” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Loches”
  • Aragonese: “Loches”
  • Armenian: “Լոշ”
  • Arpitan: “Loches”
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  • Bambara: “Loches”
  • Basque: “Loches”
  • Bavarian: “Loches”
  • Belarusian: “Лош”
  • Breton: “Loches”
  • Bulgarian: “Лош”
  • Bulgarian: “Шато дьо Лош”
  • Cajun French: “Loches”
  • Catalan: “Loches”
  • Cebuano: “Loches”
  • Chechen: “Лош (коммуна)”
  • Chechen: “Лош”
  • Chinese: “Loches”
  • Chinese: “洛什”
  • Corsican: “Loches”
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  • Danish: “Loches”
  • Dutch: “Loches”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لوش”
  • Esperanto: “Loches”
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  • German: “Loches”
  • Greek: “Λος”
  • Hebrew: “לוש”
  • Hungarian: “Loches”
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  • Ido: “Loches”
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  • Jamaican Creole English: “Loches”
  • Japanese: “ロシュ”
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  • Ladin: “Loches”
  • Latin: “Loches”
  • Latin: “Lochiae”
  • Latvian: “Loches”
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  • Lithuanian: “Loches”
  • Low German: “Loches”
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  • Mainfränkisch: “Loches”
  • Malagasy: “Jean-Jacques Descamps”
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  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Loches”
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  • Norwegian: “Loches”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lòchas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Loches”
  • Papiamento: “Loches”
  • Persian: “لوش”
  • Picard: “Loches”
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  • Russian: “Лош”
  • Sardinian: “Loches”
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  • Tatar: “Лош (коммуна)”
  • Tatar: “Лош”
  • Turkish: “Loches”
  • Ukrainian: “Лош”
  • Uzbek: “Loches”
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  • Waray (Philippines): “Loches”
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