Blois

E101372
city commune of France

Blois is a historic city in central France known for its Renaissance château, picturesque setting on the Loire River, and rich royal heritage.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Blois canonical 26
Blois, Kingdom of France 1
City of Blois 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
commune of France ⓘ
country France ⓘ
demonym Blésois ⓘ
elevationMaxMeters 134 ⓘ
elevationMinMeters 61 ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Château de Blois ⓘ
Maison de la Magie Robert-Houdin ⓘ
Jacques Gabriel (Jacques V Gabriel) ⓘ
surface form: Pont Jacques-Gabriel

Saint-Louis Cathedral of Blois ⓘ
Église Saint-Nicolas de Blois ⓘ
hasMayor Marc Gricourt ⓘ
hasMuseum Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois ⓘ
Musée d’Histoire Naturelle de Blois ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Gare de Blois – Chambord ⓘ
hasUniversityInstitute INSA Centre Val de Loire campus ⓘ
historicalMonarchResident Francis I of France ⓘ
Louis XII of France ⓘ
historicalRegion Kingdom of France ⓘ
INSEECODE 41018 ⓘ
isPrefectureOf Loir-et-Cher ⓘ
isSubprefectureOf Loir-et-Cher ⓘ
knownFor Renaissance château ⓘ
picturesque setting on the Loire River ⓘ
royal heritage ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Centre-Val de Loire ⓘ
Loir-et-Cher ⓘ
locatedInHistoricRegion Orléanais ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Loire ⓘ
surface form: Loire River
mayorParty Socialist Party (France) ⓘ
nearbyChâteau Château de Chambord ⓘ
Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire ⓘ
Château de Cheverny ⓘ
notablePersonBornHere Denis Papin ⓘ
Robert-Houdin ⓘ
postalCode 41000 ⓘ
regionType Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
surface form: Loire Valley
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
twinTown Lewes ⓘ
Sighișoara ⓘ
surface form: Sighişoara

Urbino ⓘ
Waldshut-Tiengen ⓘ
Weimar ⓘ
Wetzlar ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of the Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes World Heritage Site ⓘ
wasCapitalOf County of Blois ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Loire → flowsThrough → Blois ⓘ
Affair of the Placards → location → Blois ⓘ
Henry I, Duke of Guise → deathPlace → Blois ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blois, Kingdom of France
Catherine de’ Medici → deathPlace → Blois ⓘ
Centre-Val de Loire → containsCity → Blois ⓘ
Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire is a UNESCO World Heritage Site → containsTown → Blois ⓘ
subject surface form: Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Louis XII of France → birthPlace → Blois ⓘ
Gaston, Duke of Orléans → deathPlace → Blois ⓘ
Stephen of England → birthPlace → Blois ⓘ
Garden of France → includesCity → Blois ⓘ
Lewes → hasTwinTown → Blois ⓘ
Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo → placeOfDeath → Blois ⓘ
Caterina Maria Romula de’ Medici → deathPlace → Blois ⓘ
Loir-et-Cher → contains → Blois ⓘ
Loir-et-Cher → capital → Blois ⓘ
Loir-et-Cher → prefecture → Blois ⓘ
Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d’Arquien → deathPlace → Blois ⓘ
Romorantin-Lanthenay → nearbyCity → Blois ⓘ
Château de Blois → locatedIn → Blois ⓘ
Château de Blois → ownedBy → Blois ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Blois
Château de Chambord → locatedNear → Blois ⓘ
Claude of France → placeOfDeath → Blois ⓘ
Autoroute A10 → passesNear → Blois ⓘ
Orléanais → containsCity → Blois ⓘ
Stephen of Blois → placeOfBirth → Blois ⓘ
Anne of Brittany → deathPlace → Blois ⓘ
Treaty of Blois (1504) → place → Blois ⓘ
Treaty of Blois (1504) → city → Blois ⓘ