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Amboise (US: /ɒ̃ˈbwɑːz/;[3] French: [ɑ̃bwaz] (listen)) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Today a small market town, it was once home of the French royal court.

Amboise
Commune
Amboise, street near the castle
Location of Amboise
Amboise
Amboise
Coordinates: 47°24′15″N 0°58′48″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre-et-Loire
ArrondissementLoches
CantonAmboise
IntercommunalityVal d'Amboise
Government
  Mayor (2020–2026) Thierry Boutard[1]
Area
1
40.65 km2 (15.70 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
12,533
  Density310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
37003 /37400
Elevation52–127 m (171–417 ft)
(avg. 58 m or 190 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography


Amboise lies on the banks of the river Loire, 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of Tours. It is also about 18 kilometres (11 mi) away from the historic Château de Chenonceau, situated on the river Cher near the small village of Chenonceaux. Amboise station, on the north bank of the Loire, has rail connections to Orléans, Blois and Tours.


History


Timber-framed houses in Amboise
Timber-framed houses in Amboise

Clovis I (c. 466 – 511) and the Visigoths signed a peace treaty of alliance with the Arvernians in 503, which assisted him in his defeat of the Visigothic kingdom in the Battle of Vouillé in 507.

Joan of Arc passed through in 1429 on her way to Orleans to the Battle of Patay.

Château du Clos Lucé was the residence of Leonardo da Vinci between 1516 and his death in 1519. Da Vinci died in the arms of King Francis I,[4] and he was buried in a crypt near the Château d'Amboise. The house has lost some of its original parts, but it still stands today containing a museum of da Vinci's work and inventions, and overlooks the river Loire.

The Amboise conspiracy was the conspiracy of Condé and the Huguenots in 1560 against Francis II, Catherine de' Medici and the Guises.

The Château at Amboise was home to Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots, for much of her early life, being raised there at the French court of Henry II. She arrived in France from Scotland in 1548, aged six, via the French king's favourite palace at Saint-Germain-en-Laye near Paris, and remained in France until 1561, when she returned to her homeland—sailing up the Firth of Forth to Edinburgh on 15 August that year.

The Edict of Amboise (1563) conceded the free exercise of worship to the Protestants.

Burial site of Leonardo da Vinci
Burial site of Leonardo da Vinci

Here was born in 1743 Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French philosopher, known as Le Philosophe Inconnu (d. 1803).

Abd el Kader Ibn Mouhi Ad-Din (c. 1807 – 1883) was imprisoned at the Château d'Amboise.

In 2019, the 500th anniversary of da Vinci's death, Amboise held many events celebrating the master's life and his work completed in the town.[5] The number of visitors to Château du Clos Lucé, for example, was estimated as 500,000 in 2019, a 30% increase over the typical annual number.[6]


Population


Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 5,659    
1800 5,113−1.44%
1806 5,097−0.05%
1821 5,276+0.23%
1831 4,613−1.33%
1836 4,695+0.35%
1841 4,715+0.09%
1846 4,956+1.00%
1851 4,762−0.80%
1856 4,433−1.42%
1861 4,570+0.61%
1866 4,188−1.73%
1872 4,216+0.11%
1876 4,475+1.50%
1881 4,167−1.42%
1886 4,592+1.96%
1891 4,480−0.49%
1896 4,463−0.08%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 4,538+0.33%
1906 4,731+0.84%
1911 4,660−0.30%
1921 4,625−0.08%
1926 4,483−0.62%
1931 4,129−1.63%
1936 4,236+0.51%
1946 4,443+0.48%
1954 6,736+5.34%
1962 7,953+2.10%
1968 8,625+1.36%
1975 10,680+3.10%
1982 10,857+0.24%
1990 10,982+0.14%
1999 11,457+0.47%
2007 12,589+1.18%
2012 13,157+0.89%
2017 12,610−0.85%
Source: EHESS[7] and INSEE (1968-2017)[8]

Sights


The city is known for the Clos Lucé manor house where Leonardo da Vinci lived (and ultimately died) at the invitation of King Francis I of France, whose Château d'Amboise, which dominates the town, is located just 500 m (1,640 feet) away. The narrow streets contain some good examples of timbered housing.

Just outside the city is the Pagode de Chanteloup, a 44-metre-tall (144 ft) Chinese pagoda built in 1775 by the Duke of Choiseul. The pagoda is seven levels high, with each level slightly smaller than the last one. An interior staircase to reach all levels is open to the public.

The Musée de la Poste (in the Hôtel Joyeuse) is a museum tracing the history of the postal delivery service.

A 20th-century fountain by Max Ernst stands in front of the market place.

On the banks of the river Loire
On the banks of the river Loire

International relations


Amboise is twinned with:




See also



References


  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. "Amboise". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  4. "Leonardo da Vinci | A chinese scholar lost in renaissance Italy". Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  5. https://www.amboise-valdeloire.co.uk/destination-amboise/leonardo-da-vinci/amboise-celebrates-da-vincis-500th-anniversary/. Retrieved 2019-12-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "500 Years After Leonardo Da Vinci's Death, France Celebrates His Life And Work". NPR. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  7. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Amboise, EHESS. (in French)
  8. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE



На других языках


[de] Amboise

Amboise ist eine Stadt an der Loire mit 12.533 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) in Mittelfrankreich im Département Indre-et-Loire in der Region Centre-Val de Loire, ca. 20 km östlich von Tours. Sie ist Hauptort (chef-lieu) des gleichnamigen Kantons.
- [en] Amboise

[fr] Amboise

Amboise est une commune française située dans le département d'Indre-et-Loire dans l'arrondissement de Loches en région Centre-Val de Loire.

[ru] Амбуаз

Амбуа́з (Amboise) — город на Луаре в центре Франции (департамент Эндр и Луара), окружённый ренессансными замками, среди которых наиболее знамениты королевский замок Амбуаз и усадьба Шенонсо. Население 12,7 тыс. жителей (2006).



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