Vendôme

Vendôme, a town of the dept. Loir-et-Cher, on the Loir, 42 miles NNE. of Tours and 111 SW. of Paris by rail. Above it rise the picturesque ruins of the castle of the Dukes of Vendôme, destroyed at the Revolution, and within the town is a fine 15th-century abbey church, with early Gothic tower and spire. Gloves and paper are made. Pop. (1891) 7864.