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Vendôme (in Latin: Vindocinum) appears originally to have been a Gallic oppidum, replaced later by a feudal castle, around which the modern town arose.Christianity was introduced by Saint Bienheuré in the 5th century, and the important abbey of the Trinity (which claimed to possess a tear shed by Jesus at the tomb of Lazarus) was founded about 1030.
The Place Vendôme (French pronunciation: [plas vɑ̃dom]), earlier known as the Place Louis-le-Grand, and also as the Place Internationale, is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France, located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine. It is the starting point of the Rue de la Paix.
The Arrondissement of Vendôme (French: arrondissement de Vendôme) is an arrondissement of France, located in the Loir-et-Cher departement, region of Centre-Val de Loire. It has 100 communes. [2] Its population is 67,408 (2021), and its area is 1,722.3 km 2 (665.0 sq mi). [3]
The canton of Vendôme (French: Canton de Vendôme) is a canton (an administrative division) of the Loir-et-Cher department, central France. Its seat is Vendôme . It was re-created at the canton reorganisation that came into effect in March 2015 – having previously existed until March 1982.
Communauté d'agglomération Territoires Vendômois is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Vendôme.It is located in the Loir-et-Cher department, in the Centre-Val de Loire region, central France.
The Bas-Vendômois is a small district in central- western France, consisting of the 14 communes of the canton of Montoire-sur-le-Loir, in the arrondissement of Vendôme, département of Loir-et-Cher, France. The capital of Bas-Vendômois is Montoire-sur-le-Loir. [1]
The Order of the Capuchin Poor Clares was introduced to France by Queen Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, who wanted to create a convent in Bourges to be buried at. Upon her death on January 29, 1601, she bequeathed to her brother, Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, a sum of 60,000 livre tournois to build it; however, he died in February of 1602.
The Vendômois (French pronunciation:) is a traditional area of France equivalent to the arrondissement of Vendôme, to the north of Loir-et-Cher, and on both sides of Loir. References [ edit ]