Amboise (; ) is a commune in the

Indre-et-Loire Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River. In 2019, it had a population of 610,079.department in central

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. Today a small

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, it was once home of the French royal court.

Geography

Amboise lies on the banks of the river

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, east of

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. It is also about away from the historic Château de Chenonceau, situated on the river

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near the small village of

Chenonceaux Chenonceaux () is a commune in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, and the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is situated in the valley of the river Cher, a tributary of the Loire, about 26 km (16 mi) east of Tours and ...

. Amboise station, on the north bank of the Loire, has rail connections to Orléans, Blois and Tours.

History

Clovis I ( 466 – 511)