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Chambord’s north-west front at dusk, its forest of towers and chimneys standing out against a clear sky.

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Castles, department by department

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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ain 261Allier 295Ardèche 119Cantal 146Drôme 76Haute-Loire 116Haute-Savoie 140Isère 176Loire 181Puy-de-Dôme 154Rhône 229Savoie 96
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Côte-d'Or 279Doubs 103Haute-Saône 71Jura 96Nièvre 148Saône-et-Loire 342Territoire de Belfort 8Yonne 99
Bretagne
Côtes-d'Armor 230Finistère 157Ille-et-Vilaine 368Morbihan 329
Centre-Val de Loire
Cher 112Eure-et-Loir 98Indre 227Indre-et-Loire 303Loir-et-Cher 124Loiret 152
Corse
Corse-du-Sud 7Haute-Corse 8
Grand Est
Ardennes 86Aube 54Bas-Rhin 161Haut-Rhin 125Haute-Marne 58Marne 48Meurthe-et-Moselle 78Meuse 51Moselle 97Vosges 55
Hauts-de-France
Aisne 121Nord 120Oise 122Pas-de-Calais 108Somme 120
Île-de-France
Essonne 141Hauts-de-Seine 56Paris 31Seine-et-Marne 169Seine-Saint-Denis 23Val-d'Oise 74Val-de-Marne 87Yvelines 151
La Réunion
La Réunion 2
Martinique
Martinique 3
Normandie
Calvados 295Eure 209Manche 169Orne 151Seine-Maritime 172
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Charente 144Charente-Maritime 104Corrèze 86Creuse 115Deux-Sèvres 125Dordogne 313Gironde 295Haute-Vienne 104Landes 60Lot-et-Garonne 128Pyrénées-Atlantiques 99Vienne 248
Occitanie
Ariège 54Aude 103Aveyron 114Gard 108Gers 101Haute-Garonne 110Hautes-Pyrénées 35Hérault 129Lot 103Lozère 60Pyrénées-Orientales 88Tarn 236Tarn-et-Garonne 58
Pays de la Loire
Loire-Atlantique 233Maine-et-Loire 419Mayenne 215Sarthe 163Vendée 101
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 40Alpes-Maritimes 60Bouches-du-Rhône 86Hautes-Alpes 24Var 51Vaucluse 98

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