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ID: 7008281
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008281
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Chinon (inhabited place)  Chinon (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 47 10 02 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 47.1672  decimal degrees
Long: 000 14 44 E  degrees minutes   Long: 0.2456  decimal degrees

Note: Town on the Vienne River; an important stronghold even before the arrival of the Romans; 3 fortresses built 11th-15th cen.; besieged by Philip II of France 1204-1205; site of first meeting of Joan of Arc & Charles VII.

Names:
Chinon (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Centre-Val de Loire (region (administrative division))  ............  Centre-Val de Loire (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Chinon (inhabited place)  ................  Chinon (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Centre-Val de Loire (region (administrative division))  ............  Centre-Val de Loire (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Touraine (historical region)  ................  Touraine (historical region) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Chinon (inhabited place)  ....................  Chinon (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled since before Roman times
town (C)
commune (administrative) (C)
fortified settlement (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Chinon..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 185
.................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
.................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1992)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 45
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 185
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1992)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1420214
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 45
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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