| Indre-et-Loire | |
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| Coat of arms of the Indre-et-Loire department | |
| Location | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 37 |
| Region: | Centre |
| Prefecture: | Tours |
| Subprefectures: | Chinon Loches |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 37 |
| Communes: | 277 |
| President of the General Council: | Marc Pommereau |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 41st |
| -1999 | 554,003 |
| Population density: | 90/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6127 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Centre is one of the 26 regions of France, located towards the northwest of the actual centre of the country A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Tours is a city in France the Préfecture (capital city of the Indre-et-Loire département, on the lower reaches of the river Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Chinon is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Loches is a town and commune in France, capital of an arrondissement in the département of Indre-et-Loire, 29 miles southeast The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 3 arrondissements of the Indre-et-Loire department are Arrondissement of Chinon, ( subprefecture: Chinon The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 37 cantons of the Indre-et-Loire department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Indre-et-Loire département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
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Indre-et-Loire is a département in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Indre is a River in central France, left tributary to the river Loire. The Loire River (lwaʁ in French) is the longest River in France.
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History
Indre-et-Loire is one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It was created from the former province of Touraine. The Kingdom of France was organised into Provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département Touraine may also refer to Alain Touraine, French sociologist
Tours was a center of learning in the early Middle Ages. Tours is a city in France the Préfecture (capital city of the Indre-et-Loire département, on the lower reaches of the river
Geography
Indre-et-Loire is part of the current region of Centre (Val de Loire) and is surrounded by the départements of Loir-et-Cher, Indre, Vienne, Maine-et-Loire, and Sarthe. Centre is one of the 26 regions of France, located towards the northwest of the actual centre of the country Loir-et-Cher is a department in north-central France named after the rivers Loir and Cher. Indre is a department in the center of France named after the Indre River. This article is about the French department Do not confuse with the Austrian capital Vienna. Maine-et-Loire is a department in west-central France. History Maine-et-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Sarthe (saʁt is a French department, named after the Sarthe River.
Tourism
Indre-et-Loire is home to numerous outstanding châteaux that are open to the public, among them are the following:
- Château d'Amboise
- Azay-le-Rideau
- Château de la Bourdaisière
- Château de Chenonceau
- Chinon
- Courcelles-de-Touraine
- Château de Langeais
- Marcay
- Montpoupon
- Tours
- Château de Villandry
- Château du Rivau
- Loches
See also
- Cantons of the Indre-et-Loire department
- Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department
- Arrondissements of the Indre-et-Loire department
External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General Council website
- (English) Indre-et-Loire at the Open Directory Project
- (French) Chambres D'Hotes Indre et Loire
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