What is Chinon?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Chinon |commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image = Château Chinon.JPG |caption = The [[Château de Chinon]], and the [[Vienne (river)|Vienne]] river |arrondissement = Chinon |image coat of arms = Blason Chinon 37.svg |canton = Chinon |mayor = Jean-Luc Dupont<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ville-chinon.com/votre-mairie/conseil-municipal/vos-elus/ |title=Le conseil municipal |publisher=Ville de Chinon |language=French |accessdate=27 July 2017 |date= |archive-date=13 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713211157/http://www.ville-chinon.com/votre-mairie/conseil-municipal/vos-elus/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |term = 2014-2020 |coordinates = {{coord|47.1678|0.2436|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 37 |elevation min m = 27 |elevation max m = 112 |area km2 = 39.02 |population = 8073 |population date = 2014 |population demonym = Chinonais / Chinonaises |INSEE = 37072 |postal code = 37500 }} '''Chinon''' is a [[France|French]] [[Communes of France|commune]]. It is in the west of the [[Indre-et-Loire]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Centre-Val de Loire]] [[Regions of France|region]], to the southwest of [[Paris]], and is a [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]] in the department. It is also the [[Capital city|capital]] of the ''arrrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Chinon|Chinon]] and the [[administrative centre]] of the [[Canton of Chinon|Chinon]] canton. Chinon is in the [[valley]] of the [[Loire River|Loire]] [[river]], registered as a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] since 2000. ==History== The historic town of Chinon is on the banks of the [[Vienne (river)|Vienne]] river about {{convert|10|km|0}} from where it joins the [[Loire River|Loire]]. ==Geograp