Chinon
The Château de Chinon, and the Vienne river
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chinon
Canton	Chinon
Mayor	Jean-Luc Dupont (2014-2020)
Statistics
Elevation	27–112 m (89–367 ft) (avg. 37 m/121 ft)
Land area1	39.02 km2 (15.07 sq mi)
Population2	8,073  (2014)
- Density	207/km2 (540/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	37072/ 37500
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Chinon is a French commune. It is in the west of the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region, to the southwest of Paris, and is a subprefecture in the department. It is also the capital of the arrrondissement of Chinon and the administrative centre of the Chinon canton.

Chinon is in the valley of the Loire river, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.