Blois-Vienne (French pronunciation: [blwavjɛn]), or merely Vienne for locals, is the common name given to the southern part of Blois, central France, separated from the rest of the city by the natural border of the Loire river.

[9] Since the beginning of the Middle Ages, Vienne was being a distinct manor but vassal to the count of Blois, having adopted the name of Vienne-lez-Blois.

At the beginning of the 16th century, the construction of a new Blois-Vienne Church began under the orders of Queen Anne of Brittany, but remained unfinished at her death in 1514.

The village was integrated into Blois in 1606, under the reign of King Henry IV, when Philip of Béthune, the last manor of Vienne, exchanged it with the royal domain for some land in Sologne.

[12] In the 1860s, Bloisian painter Ulysse Besnard left his position as director of the municipal museum to devote himself to ceramics in a workshop in Vienne.

[13] He was followed by his disciples, basically including: Émile Balon, Alexandre Bigot, Gaston Bruneau, Josaphat Tortat, Adrien Thibault.

During the Franco-Prussian War, the city was occupied, but the suburb was the scene of the assault by Generals Pourcet and Chabron (who left an odonym) from Cheverny.

[14] Their victory on 28 January 1871, just a few days before the armistice came into force, allowed the liberation of Blois, despite the bridge being cut and the temporary footbridge being impassable.

In 1944, the suburb was used as a refuge for German soldiers after the uprising of Resistance fighters on the right bank on 16 August; Vienne was liberated two weeks later, on 1 September (also odonym).

[18] Since 2016 Vienne has benefitted from the City Hall's Aménagement Cœur de Ville-Loire (ACVL) development program to redevelop the entire Wilson Avenue.

Nowadays the Wilson Avenue is the main shopping axis of the district, crossing it from north-west to south-east, in the continuity of the Jacques-Gabriel Bridge.

Nearby, the eponymous churchyard is among of the four last ones in whole France,[19] and the former residence of Duke Gaston of Orléans overlooks the Loire river with a remarkable panorama on Blois.

[20] Moreover, those on the Quai Villebois-Mareuil were designed by the Bloisian architect Paul Robert-Houdin,[21] grandson of the magician Jean-Eugène, as part of the post-war reconstructions.

During the Middle Ages, entrances of Vienne town were often physically indicated by the presence of wayside crosses, as a sign of entry into a parish territory.