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Chenonceau |
 | | Chenonceaux, small agricultural community in the department of Indre-et-Loire in northwestern France,18 miles east of Tours. |
 | | Chenonceaux is best known as the site of the 16th-century Château de Chenonceaux, which is situated on the north bank of the river. |
 | | In 1515 Thomas Bohier, revenue collector for King Francis I, began the construction of the Château de Chenonceaux. |
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