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Factfile Loire Valley 2016
By car
(distances from Paris):
By train:
Direct flights to Tours with
Ryanair:
Eurostar from London St Pancras to Paris Nord
Chartres: 92 km / 1h17
London-Stansted to Tours
From Paris –Austerlitz :
Orléans : 1h06 / Blois-Chambord : 1h25 / Tours :
2h02 / Châteauroux : 1h52 / Bourges : 2h04
Orléans: 133 km / 1h40
www.tours.aeroport.fr
www.ryanair.com
Blois: 185 km / 2h00
Tours: 240 km / 2h25
Châteauroux: 272 km / 2h42
Bourges: 249 km / 2h30
From Paris Montparnasse :
Chartres : 1h01 - Vendôme/ Villiers-sur-Loire :
0h42 (TGV) - Saint-Pierre des Corps : 1h (TGV) /
Tours Centre : 1h11
From Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport (TGV) :
Saint-Pierre des Corps : 1h37
Press contact : presse@centre-valdeloire.org : +33 (0) 2 38 79 95 00
Loire Valley Tourist Board - 37 avenue de Paris - 45000 Orléans
www.valdeloire-france.com - www.loire-chateaux.co.uk
www.marandoavelo.com – www.cycling-loire.com
@loirevalleypr
@loirevalleytourism
Loire Chateaux
Visaloire
Direct flights to Roissy and
Orly airport
Some figures about the region:
Population: 2.57 million of inhabitants (January 1st 2013) = 4% of the French population
Area: 39 151 sq km
Density: 65 inhabitants/km²
6 departments – 2 cities with more than 100 000 inhabitants: Tours (135 000 inh. 26th most populated city in
France) & the regional capital Orléans (115 000 inh. 32th most populated city in France). The other main cities are
Bourges, Blois, Châteauroux and Chartres (from 39 000 to 66 000 inh.). (source: INSEE –September 2013)
Architectural heritage
→ 14 castles & monuments listed as “the Great Sites of Loire
Valley” (developing initiatives towards excellence)
→ 2 UNESCO-listed heritage sites (the cathedrals of Bourges and
Chartres) and 280km of Loire Valley - widest listed site in France (between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire)
→ 8 of the ‘Most Beautiful Villages in France’ (« Plus Beaux
villages de France ») : Apremont-sur-Allier, Candes-Saint-Martin,
Crissay-sur-Manse, Montrésor, Lavardin, Gargilesse-Dampierre,
Saint-Benoît du- Sault and Yèvre-le-Châtel
Culinary heritage
→ The regional Signature « © du Centre », a development program of regional
agricultural and food products.
Regional Signature's mission is to promote agricultural products, crafts and food, as well
as know-how and employment in the region Centre-Val de Loire, through the local
distribution channel.
In 2015, 123 regional companies made the choice to emphasize their products, their
territory and their knowledge through « © Centre »: 63 producers, 26 artisans, 21
companies from the agro-food industry, 7 cooperatives, 3 interprofessions and 3 restaurants.
www.cducentre.com -
: Produits.C.du.Centre
→ 3rd French region in terms of wine production, 27 AOC classified wines (SaintNicolas de Bourgueil, Cheverny, Chinon, Coteaux du Giennois, Montlouis-sur-Loire,
Vouvray, Sancerre…)
→ 2 wine tourism routes: the Coeur de France Vineyards Trail and the Wines of the
Loire Route
→ 110 products listed in the inventory of
culinary heritage of the Loire Valley Region.
→ 5 PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) goat’s cheeses out of the 14 in
France (Crottin de Chavignol, Sainte-Maure de Touraine, Valençay, Sellessur-Cher and Pouligny-Saint-Pierre)
→ 18 Michelin-starred restaurants in 2016: 2* : Domaines des Hauts de Loire – Onzain (41) – 1*: Auberge du Bon
Laboureur – Chenonceaux (37), La Roche le Roy – Tours (37), Château de Pray – Amboise (37), La Promenade – Le
Petit Pressigny (37), Les Hautes Roches – Rochecorbon (37), l’Orangerie du Château – Blois (41), La Maison d’à
Côté – Montlivaut (41), ASSA – Blois (41), Grand Hôtel du Lion d’Or – Romorantin-Lanthenay (41), Auberge des
Templiers – Les Bézards / Boismorand (45), Le Lièvre Gourmand – Orléans (45), La Gloire – Montargis (45), Côté
Jardin – Gien (45), La Tour – Sancerre (18), Le Cercle – Bourges (18), Au 14 février – Saint Valentin (36), Le
Georges – Chartres (28).
Natural heritage
→ 25 exceptional gardens symbolising the French art de vivre, both traditional and
more contemporary are promoted through « Escapades aux Jardins ».
www.escapades-aux-jardins.fr
→ 3 regional natural parks (PNR): La Brenne, Loire-Anjou-Touraine and Perche.
→ Great natural assets: the Sologne, the forest of Orléans (the largest state-owned forest in France)
Sport and leisure activities
→ "La Loire à Vélo" route, 800 km of sign-posted cycle routes.
www.cycling-loire.com
→ 1st cycling destination in France with more than 3,400 km of
cycling trails - www.marandoavelo.com
•
5 cycling routes: La Loire à Vélo, Touraine- Berry à
Vélo, Saint-Jacques à Vélo via Tours & via Chartres, l’Indre à
Vélo, La Véloscénie- Paris/Chartres/Mont Saint-Michel.
•
14 circuit networks: les Châteaux à Vélo,
Orléans/Forêt d’Orléans, Autour de Gien, Autour de Sancerre,
Autour de Chartres, Autour de Bourgueil-Langeais, Autour de Chinon, Autour de Loches, Autour d’Azay-le-Rideau,
Autour d’Amboise-Chenonceau, Le Grand Tours, La Sologne, Le Perche and finally la Brenne.
The most frequented tourist sites* in 2014
Zooparc of Beauval
912 000 visitors
Chateau of Chambord
769 220 visitors
Regional domain of Chaumont-sur-Loire
(Chateau & festival)
414 218 visitors
Chateau of Cheverny
335 960 visitors
Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau
273 525 visitors
Chateau of Blois & museums
269 503 visitors
Fortress of Chinon
124 434 visitors
Floral Park of La Source Orléans-Loiret
108 668 visitors
Chateau of Langeais
103 363 visitors
Royal City of Loches + Dungeon
98 551 visitors
House of Magic - Blois
89 588 visitors
Château of Valençay
87 960 visitors
Source: Survey of attendance CRT / OET / CDT / Site Managers - Includes sites which agreed to release their figures only.
The touristic attendance of the Loire Valley region
Source : Clients survey 2014 – Loire Valley tourist board – 4V
The main foreign clients:
Nationality
As % of foreign visitors
German
19 %
Dutch
15 %
British
14 %
Belgian
14 %
Italian
9%
North American
7%
Spanish
6%
Geographical distribution of British, American and foreign visits to the region
Department of stay for British
tourists (% of trips)
Department of stay for NorthAmerican tourists (% of trips)
Department of stay for foreign
tourists
(% of trips)
16%
19%
20%
34%
30%
34%
32%
25%
26%
39%
40%
40%
13%
12%
10%
9%
12%
5%
14%
Key :
Department of stay for all tourists
(% of trips)
0% – 6%
25%
7% – 12%
26%
13% – 19%
35%
15%
20% and more
11%
Data
Average expense/day/person
Total budget for the stay
Average length of the stay
Number of people staying
British
84€
1 131€
6,8 nights
2,2 people
North-Americans
144€
1 549€
4,2 nights
1,9 people
Foreign
78€
1 082€
6,7 nights
2,2 people
All tourists
65€
741€
5,6 nights
2,3 people