Arrondissement of Chinon

The Château de Chinon is a château located on the north bank of the river Vienne in Chinon, central France. It was founded by Theobald I, Count of Blois. In the 11th century the castle became the property of the counts of Anjou. In 1156 Henry II of England, a member of the House of Anjou, took the castle from his brother Geoffrey, Count of Nantes, after Geoffrey rebelled for a second time. Henry favoured the Château de Chinon as a residence. Most of the standing structure can be attributed to his reign; he died there in 1189. Early in the 13th century, King Philip II of France harassed the English lands in France, and in 1205 he captured Chinon after a siege that lasted several months. Thereafter, the castle remained under French control. When King Philip IV accused the Knights Templar of heresy during the first decade of the 14th century, several leading members of the order were imprisoned there. Used as a residence by Charles VII in the 15th century, the Château de Chinon became a prison in the second half of the 16th century, but then fell out of use and was left to decay. It was recognized as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture in 1840. The castle, which contains a museum, is now owned and managed by the Indre-et-Loire General Council and is a major tourist attraction. It was restored in the early 21st century, at a cost of €14.5 million.

The canton of Chinon is an administrative division of the Indre-et-Loire department, central France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Chinon. It consists of the following communes:

Chinon (French pronunciation: [ʃinɔ̃] ) 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 earned this part of the Loire Valley the nickname "The Garden of France." Chinon played an important and strategic role during the Middle Ages, serving both French and English kings. Chinon is known for its wine, castle, and historic town. Its part of the Loire Valley has been registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.

The Chapelle Sainte-Radegonde or Sainte-Radegonde Chapel is an underground structure, a former oratory converted into a chapel, on the slope of the Sainte-Radegonde hill, east of the historic town center of Chinon, in the French department of Indre-et-Loire in the Centre-Val de Loire region. The site has probably been known since antiquity as a well whose waters were reputed to be miraculous; tradition has it that the hermit Jean le Reclus was buried there; the main developments leading to the creation of a proper chapel, however, date back to the 11th or 12th century. The chapel owes its name to Radegonde de Poitiers, who is said to have met Jean on several occasions. The walls are decorated with several murals from different periods and in varying states of preservation; one of them, probably depicting a hunting scene, dates from the end of the 11th century. The precise identity of the figures in this painting is still debated, but it seems likely that they are several members of the House of Plantagenet. The abandoned chapel was sold as bien national during the French Revolution. After being used as a home, along with the adjoining caves, and having had several successive owners, it has belonged to the town of Chinon since 1957. The Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires du Chinonais has been housed here since 1966. The "Royal Hunt" mural was discovered by chance in 1964, leading to its classification as a monument historique in 1967, along with the rest of the chapel.

Rivière (French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Beaumont-en-Véron (French pronunciation: [bomɔ̃ ɑ̃ veʁɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Since 2016, the castle has been home to Pontourny, the first deradicalisation centre for young people in France. By 2017, the centre was empty but remained open.

Avoine (French pronunciation: [avwan] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Huismes (French pronunciation: [ɥim]) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

La Chapelle-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl syʁ lwaʁ] , literally The Chapel on Loire) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

The Indre (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃dʁ] ) is a 279.3 km (173.5 mi) long river in central France, a left tributary to the Loire. Its source is in the department of Cher, near Préveranges. It flows through the departments of Cher, Indre and Indre-et-Loire. It flows generally northwest, through the communes of La Châtre, Châteauroux and Loches. It joins the Loire near the site of the Chinon nuclear power plant, north of Avoine. Its main tributary is the Indrois, which joins at Azay-sur-Indre. A smaller tributary is the Trégonce. Departments and towns along the river: Cher Indre: La Châtre, Châteauroux Indre-et-Loire: Loches

The Chinon Nuclear Power Plant (French: Centrale nucléaire de Chinon) is near the town of Avoine in the Indre et Loire département, on the river Loire (approximately 10 km from the town of Chinon) in central France. The power station has seven reactors, of which three have been closed.

Savigny-en-Véron (French pronunciation: [saviɲi ɑ̃ veʁɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.