Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire is a department in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers.
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Indre-et-Loire in France | |
| Coordinates: 47°15′N 0°40′E / 47.250°N 0.667°ECoordinates: 47°15′N 0°40′E / 47.250°N 0.667°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Département | 4 March 1790 |
| Prefecture | Tours |
| Subprefectures | Chinon, Loches |
| Government | |
| • President | Jean-Gérard Paumier |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,126.7 km2 (2,365.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)[3] | |
| • Total | 603,924 |
| • Density | 98.5725/km2 (255.3015/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-37 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 19 |
| Communes | 273 |
| Website | Indre-et-Loire Council |
Its prefecture is the city of Tours.
History
Indre-et-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with Tours as is capital. It was formed with part of the former province of Touraine.[4]
It was divided in seven districts: Tours, Amboise, Château-Renault, Loches, Chinon, Preuilly and Langeais.
In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the seven districts were changed into three arrondissements: Chinon, Loches and Tours.[4]
After the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815), the department was occupied by the Prussian army from June 1815 to November 1818.
On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Loches was eliminated but in 1943 Loches was made again an arrondissement.[4]
Geography
Indre-et-Loire is part of the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has an area of 6,126.7 km2 (2,366 sq mi).[2]
The department is surrounded by 5 departments that are part of three regions:
- Centre-Val de Loire region
- Loir-et-Cher department (northeast)
- Indre department (southeast)
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
- Vienne department (southwest)
- Pays de la Loire region
- Maine-et-Loire department (west)
- Sarthe department (north)
The highest point of the department is Signal de la Ronde (47°16′40″N 01°14′34″E / 47.27778°N 1.24278°E) with an altitude of 186 m (610 ft) high.;[5] it is in the commune of Céré-la-Ronde in the northeast of the department on the border with the Loir-et-Cher department.
The Loire river flows through the department and divides it in two parts. The Indre, Cher and Vienne rivers join the Loire river in the Indre-et-Loire department.
Climate
This area is characterized by climates with few extremes of temperature. The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Tours is a "Marine West Coast Climate" and of the subtype "Cfb".[6]
The average amount of precipitation for the year in Tours is 696 mm (27.4 in). The month with the most precipitation on average is October with 71.1 mm (2.8 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is August with an average of 43.2 mm (1.7 in).
The average temperature for the year in Toulon is 11.8 °C (53.2 °F). The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 19.8 °C (67.6 °F). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 4.7 °C (40.5 °F).
| Climate data for Tours, France | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.6 (67.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
7.8 (46) |
5 (41) |
11.79 (53.23) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.2 (59.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.8 (73) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
10.9 (51.6) |
7.5 (45.5) |
16.09 (60.97) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2 (36) |
1.9 (35.4) |
3.9 (39) |
5.6 (42.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.1 (53.8) |
14 (57) |
13.7 (56.7) |
11.1 (52) |
8.6 (47.5) |
4.6 (40.3) |
2.5 (36.5) |
7.4 (45.4) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 66.2 (2.606) |
55.8 (2.197) |
50.3 (1.98) |
55.8 (2.197) |
62.3 (2.453) |
46.1 (1.815) |
53.2 (2.094) |
42.5 (1.673) |
53.2 (2.094) |
70.9 (2.791) |
68 (2.68) |
71.3 (2.807) |
695.6 (27.386) |
| Source: Weatherbase.com [1] | |||||||||||||
Administration
Indre-et-Loire is managed by the Departmental Council of Ardennes in Tours. The department is part of the Centre-Val de Loire region.
Administrative divisions
There are 3 arrondissements (districts), 19 cantons and 273 communes (municipalities) in Indre-et-Loire.[7]
| INSEE code |
Arrondissement | Capital | Population[8] (2014) |
Area[9] (km²) |
Density (Inh./km²) |
Communes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 371 | Chinon | Chinon | 86,952 | 1,694.2 | 51.3 | 106 |
| 372 | Tours | Tours | 466,232 | 2,629.2 | 177.3 | 54 |
| 373 | Loches | Loches | 50,740 | 1,803.4 | 28.1 | 113 |
The following is a list of the 19 cantons of the Indre-et-Loire department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:[10]
- Amboise (3701)
- Ballan-Miré (3702)
- Bléré (3703)
- Château-Renault (3704)
- Chinon (3705)
- Descartes (3706)
- Joué-lès-Tours (3707)
- Langeais (3708)
- Loches (3709)
- Montlouis-sur-Loire (3710)
- Monts (3711)
- Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (3712)
- Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine (3713)
- Saint-Pierre-des-Corps (3714)
- Tours-1 (3715)
- Tours-2 (3716)
- Tours-3 (3717)
- Tours-4 (3718)
- Vouvray (3719)
Demographics
The inhabitants of the Indre-et-Loire department are known, in French, as Tourangeaux (women: Tourangelles),[11]
Indre-et-Loire had a population, in 2014, of 603,924,[2] for a population density of 98.6 inhabitants/km2. The arrondissement of Tours, with 466,232 inhabitants, is the arrondissement with more inhabitants.[9]
Evolution of the population in Indre-et-Loire
The communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants in the department are:
| City | Population[8] (2014) |
Arrondissement |
|---|---|---|
| Tours | 136,125 | Tours |
| Joué-lès-Tours | 37,748 | Tours |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire | 15,994 | Tours |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Corps | 15,538 | Tours |
| Saint-Avertin | 14,985 | Tours |
| Amboise | 13,371 | Loches |
| Chambray-lès-Tours | 11,109 | Tours |
| Montlouis-sur-Loire | 10,574 | Tours |
| La Riche | 10,434 | Tours |
| Fondettes | 10,427 | Tours |
Gallery
Indre-et-Loire Media
The nave of Tours Cathedral.
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Le Président" (in French). Conseil Départemental d'Indre & Loire. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Département d'Indre-et-Loire (37)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Populations légales 2014 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Historique d'Indre-et-Loire". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Signal de la Ronde, France". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "Tours, France - Köppen Climate Classification". Weatherbase. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "Département d'Indre-et-Loire (37)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Département d'Indre-et-Loire (37)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Décret n° 2014-179 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation de cantons dans le département d'Indre-et-Loire" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Habitants du départment: Indre-et-Loire (37)" (in French). habitants.fr. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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Other websites
Media related to Indre-et-Loire at Wikimedia Commons- Departmental Council website (in French)
- Prefecture of the Indre-et-Loire department (in French)
- Official tourist website of Touraine Loire Valley (in French)