indre-et-loire

Dpartement d'Indre-et-Loire
Coat of Arms d'Indre-et-Loire Details
Information
Number	37
Rgion	Centre
Prfecture	Tours
Subprefectures	Chinon Loches
Population - Total (1999) - Density	Ranked 41st 554,003 90 /km
Area	6,127 km
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	37
Communes	277
President of the general council	XX
Location
Location of d'Indre-et-Loire in France

Indre-et-Loire is a dpartement in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers.

History

Indre-et-Loire was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the former province of Touraine. Tours was a center of learning in the early Middle Ages.

Geography

Indre-et-Loire is part of the current region of Centre (Val de Loire) and is surrounded by the departments of Loir-et-Cher, Indre, Vienne, Maine-et-Loire, and Sarthe.

Tourism

Indre-et-Loire is home to numerous outstanding chteaux that are open to the public, among them are the following:

External links

Prefecture website (in French)
Conseil Gnral website (in French)
http://www.tourism-touraine.com/
Map of the department

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