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Sunset on the Loire River from the Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art. The Loire Valley (French: Vallée de la Loire, pronounced [vale də la lwaʁ]), spanning 280 kilometres (170 mi), [1] is a valley located in the middle stretch of the Loire river in central France, in both the administrative regions Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire.
The Loire Valley wine region includes the French wine regions situated along the Loire from the Muscadet region near the city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast to the region of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé just southeast of the city of Orléans in north central France.
Vineyard in the Loire Valley near Saumur. With over 185,000 acres (750 km 2) planted under vine, the Loire Valley is about two-thirds the size of the Bordeaux wine region. [4] Due to its location and marginal climate, the overall quality of a vintage has a dramatic effect on the quality of the region's wines—more so than with other French ...
Centre-Val de Loire [4] Centre-Val de Loire: 24 Orléans: Located in north-central France; straddles the middle of the Loire Valley: Champagne-Ardenne: Champagne-Ardenne: 21 Châlons-en-Champagne: Former province of Champagne: Corsica: Corse: 94 Ajaccio: Franche-Comté: Franche-Comté: Franc-Comtois: Fràntche-Comté Arpitan: Franche-Comtât ...
The châteaux of the Loire Valley (French: châteaux de la Loire) are part of the architectural heritage of the historic towns of Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon, Montsoreau, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours along the river Loire in France. They illustrate Renaissance ideals of design in France. [1]
Indre-et-Loire (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃.dʁ‿e.lwaʁ] ⓘ) is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River. In 2019, it had a population of 610,079. [ 3 ] Sometimes referred to as Touraine , the name of the historic region, it is nowadays part of the Centre-Val de Loire region .
Olivet is located in the northern bend of the Loire, which crosses from east to west. Olivet belongs to the Loire Valley sector between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire, which was in 2000 inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Olivet is 120 km south-south-west of Paris.
Loire (/ l w ɑː r /; French pronunciation:; Arpitan: Lêre; Occitan: Léger or Leir) is a landlocked département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France occupying the river Loire's upper reaches. Its prefecture is Saint-Étienne. It had a population of 765,634 in 2019. [3]