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- ↑ "Chinon. Elue sénatrice, Isabelle Raimond démissionne du conseil municipal". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). October 2, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Séance d'installation de la Communauté de communes « Chinon, Vienne et Loire »" (PDF) (in French). Community of communes of Chinon, Vienne et Loire. April 17, 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on December 1, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
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- ↑ "Chinon-Azay : Éric Loizon conduit un quatuor d'expérience". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). February 28, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Sénatoriales 2017 : en Indre-et-Loire, deux sénateurs LR et un UDI élus". Le Monde (in French). September 24, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
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