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European Route E604
European route E 604 is a European B class road in France, connecting the cities Tours and Vierzon. Route * ** E05, E60, E502 Tours ** E11 Vierzon Vierzon () is a commune in the Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Geography A medium-sized town by the banks of the river Cher with some light industry and an area of forestry and farming to the north. It is situated some northwest o ... External links UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007) {{E-road Roads in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tours
Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole functional area (France), metropolitan area was 516,973. Tours sits on the lower reaches of the Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. Formerly named Caesarodunum by its founder, Roman Augustus, Emperor Augustus, it possesses one of the largest amphitheaters of the Roman Empire, the Tours Amphitheatre. Known for the Battle of Tours in 732 AD, it is a National Sanctuary with connections to the Merovingian dynasty, Merovingians and the Carolingian dynasty, Carolingians, with the Capetian dynasty, Capetians making the kingdom's currency the Livre tournois. Martin of Tours, Saint Martin, Gregory of Tours and Alcuin were all from Tours. Tours was once part of Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vierzon
Vierzon () is a commune in the Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Geography A medium-sized town by the banks of the river Cher with some light industry and an area of forestry and farming to the north. It is situated some northwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D2020, D2076 and the D918 roads. Motorways encircle the town on three sides: the A85 and A71 on the north and east and the A20 on the north and west. Railways reached Vierzon in 1847 and the central SNCF hub Vierzon-Ville station, serving local and nation rail traffic, has been developed here ever since. History Little evidence remains of any pre-Roman occupation, and the Romans themselves didn't leave much trace of their occupation. Not until 926, when a Benedictine monastery was built (on the site of the current Town Hall) are there any records. The monks came from the abbey of Deuvre, at Saint-Georges-sur-la-Prée, after the abbey was sacked by the Normans in 903. They brought with them the relics o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E05
The European route E5 is part of the United Nations international E-road network. It is the westernmost north–south "reference road", running from Greenock in Scotland, south through Great Britain and France to Algeciras, Spain. The route is long. The E5 follows the route Greenock – Glasgow – Gretna – Carlisle – Penrith – Preston – Warrington – Birmingham – Oxford – Newbury – Southampton ... Le Havre – Paris – Orléans – Tours – Poitiers – Bordeaux – San Sebastián – Burgos – Madrid – Córdoba – Seville – Cádiz – Algeciras. United Kingdom Although the United Kingdom Government participates fully in activities concerning the E-routes, E-routes are not signposted within the United Kingdom. Hence the first 724 km of the route is not signed. The E5 has a gap at the English Channel between Southampton and Le Havre, France. There is no direct ferry link, but a ferry from nearby Portsmouth, along the M27, connects to Le Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E60
European route E 60 is the second longest road in the International E-road network. It runs , from Brest, France, Brest, France (on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast), to Irkeshtam, Kyrgyzstan (on the border with People's Republic of China, China). Route * **: Brest, France, Brest () **: Brest, France, Brest - Quimper - Nantes () **: Nantes ( / ) **: Nantes () - Angers () **: Angers () - Tours () **: Tours ( / , Start of Concurrency with ) - Orléans (, End of Concurrency with ) **: Orléans () - Courtenay, Loiret, Courtenay (, Start of Concurrency with ) **: Courtenay, Loiret, Courtenay ( / ) - Auxerre - Beaune (End of Concurrency with ) **: Beaune **: Beaune ( / / ) - Besançon () - Belfort () - Mulhouse () **: Mulhouse (, Start of Concurrency with ) - Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, Saint-Louis * **: Basel (, End of Concurrency with ) - Baden, Switzerland, Baden **: Baden, Switzerland, Baden - Zürich (Start of Concurrency with ) **: Zürich () - Winterthur (End of Concurre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E502
E 502 is a European B class road in France, connecting the cities Le Mans – Tours. Route * ** E50, E402 E501 Le Mans ** E05, E60, E604 Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metro ... External links UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007) {{E-road International E-road network Roads in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E11
European route E11 is a road, part of the International E-road network. It begins in Orléans and ends in Béziers, France. It is long, its whole length being in France. It takes up the entire French autoroutes A71 and A75. The road uses the highest major road bridge in Europe, and the second highest in the world, the Millau Viaduct, long and high from ground to road. The route also passes (but does not cross) the Viaduc de Garabit, which was built in the 1880s by Gustave Eiffel Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (born Bonickhausen dit Eiffel; ; ; 15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923) was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway .... External links UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007) 11 E011 {{Europe-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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