Indre-et-Loire department

Indre-et-Loire
region	Center-Val de Loire
prefecture	Tours
Sub-prefecture (s)	Quinone loches
Residents	606.511 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	99 inhabitants per km²
surface	6,126.54 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	11
Cantons	19th
Communities	272
President of the Department Council	Jean-Yves Couteau
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-37
Location of the department of Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire

The Indre-et-Loire [ ɛdʀelwaːʀ ] is the French department with the atomic number 37. It is in the center of the country in the Region Center-Val de Loire and was named after the two rivers Indre and Loire named. The department includes the historic Touraine region .

geography

The department of Indre-et-Loire borders in the north with the department Sarthe , in the northeast with the department Loir-et-Cher , in the southeast with the department Indre , in the southwest with the department Vienne and in the west with the department Maine-et-Loire .

The Loire flows through the department in an east-west direction. In the centrally located metropolis of Tours , the Cher flows into the Loire as a left tributary. As further left tributaries, the Indre reach the Loire further downstream and the Vienne on the border with the Maine-et-Loire department. The Creuse forms the southern part of the border with the Vienne department before it flows into the river of the same name.

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from the main part of the Touraine province .

It has belonged to the Center region since 1960 , which was renamed Center-Val de Loire in 2016 .

Cities

The most populous communes of the Indre-et-Loire department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Tours	135,787	Tours
Joué-lès-Tours	37,893
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire	15,960
Saint-Pierre-des-Corps	15,838
Saint-Avertin	15,025
Amboise	12,610
Chambray-lès-Tours	11,578
Montlouis-sur-Loire	10,666
Fondettes	10,307
La Riche	10,448

Almost all of the larger cities in the department belong to the agglomeration of Tours. In addition, there are the following more important places in the more rural region:

• Chinon , administrative seat of the arrondissement of the same name
• Loches , the administrative seat of the arrondissement of the same name
• Château-Renault
• Langeais
• Bourgueil
• Descartes

Administrative division

The Indre-et-Loire department is divided into three arrondissements , 23 cantons and 272 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Indre-et-Loire department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Quinone	4th	106	103.713	2,296.22	45	371
Loches	5	112	117,816	2,742.43	43	373
Tours	14th	54	384,982	1,087.89	354	372
Indre-et-Loire department	23	272	606.511	6,126.54	99	37

See also:

• List of communes in the Indre-et-Loire department
• List of cantons in the Indre-et-Loire department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Indre-et-Loire department

Web links

Commons : Indre-et-Loire department  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Department of Indre-et-Loire (French)
• Prefecture of the Indre-et-Loire department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cg37.fr, accessed on May 3, 2015.

Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '  N , 0 ° 42'  E