Descartes, Indre-et-Loire
Descartes () is a large village and Communes of France, commune in the Indre-et-Loire Departments of France, department in central France. It is approximately 29 kilometers east of Richelieu and about 48 kilometers east of Loudun, on the banks of the Creuse (river), Creuse River, near the border of the French department of Vienne (department), Vienne, and the border of the region between Centre-Val de Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is famous for the birthplace of the French mathematician and philosopher who invented the Cartesian coordinate system, René Descartes. History Initially called La Haye-en-Touraine, the town was the birthplace of the philosopher René Descartes (1596–1650), who invented the Cartesian coordinate system, although his family home was in nearby Châtellerault. Descartes left La Haye in approximately 1606 to attend the College Henri IV at La Flèche."Editor's Preface" in Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy (Hackett: 1998) During Wo ...
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Communes Of France
A () is a level of administrative divisions of France, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Germany; ' in Italy; ' in Spain; or civil parishes in the United Kingdom. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlet (place), hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the Municipal arrondissem ...
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ...
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Port-de-Piles
Port-de-Piles () is a commune in the Vienne department and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, western France. Demographics See also *Communes of the Vienne department The following is a list of the 265 communes of the Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Vienne (department) {{Vienne-geo-stub ...
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Les Ormes, Vienne
Les Ormes () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Château des Ormes, once the seat of Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1696–1764), Minister of War for Louis XV, is located in the commune. Demographics See also *Communes of the Vienne department The following is a list of the 265 communes of the Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Château des Ormes — French Wikipedia Communes of Vienne (department) {{Vienne-geo-stub ...
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Buxeuil, Vienne
Buxeuil is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Demographics See also *Communes of the Vienne department The following is a list of the 265 communes of the Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Vienne (department) {{Vienne-geo-stub ...
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Abilly
Abilly () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan .... Population See also * Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department References Communes of Indre-et-Loire {{IndreLoire-geo-stub ...
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Neuilly-le-Brignon
Neuilly-le-Brignon () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is a small village near Descartes, Le Grand-Pressigny, and Abilly. History The village of Neuilly-le-Brignon is mentioned for the first time by Gregory of Tours in the sixth century under the name of ''Noviliacus vicus'' and ''Nobiliacensis pagus''. Later versions of the name can be found in references to ''Parochia de Nuilleis'' (1195), ''Nuillé'' (1234) and ''Nuilleius'' (18th century), but from the 15th to the 19th centuries it was most often called ''Neuillé'' or ''Neuilly le Noble'', despite receiving its current name in 1793 at the height of the French Revolution. The church of Saint Saturnin was founded circa 550 by Saint Bauld, the bishop of Tours. The presence of walls of small stonework show that some of the building dates to at least the 11th century. The doorway dates from the 12th century with its typical four orders decorated with flowers, helices, nail heads and a to ...
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Cussay
Cussay () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population Cussay Eglise.jpg, Church CussayPanorama.JPG, Panorama See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of the Indre-et-Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):

Civray-sur-Esves
Civray-sur-Esves () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of the Indre-et-Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):

La Celle-Saint-Avant
La Celle-Saint-Avant () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of the Indre-et-Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):

Marcé-sur-Esves
Marcé-sur-Esves is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of the Indre-et-Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):

Tours
Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole functional area (France), metropolitan area was 516,973. Tours sits on the lower reaches of the Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. Formerly named Caesarodunum by its founder, Roman Augustus, Emperor Augustus, it possesses one of the largest amphitheaters of the Roman Empire, the Tours Amphitheatre. Known for the Battle of Tours in 732 AD, it is a National Sanctuary with connections to the Merovingian dynasty, Merovingians and the Carolingian dynasty, Carolingians, with the Capetian dynasty, Capetians making the kingdom's currency the Livre tournois. Martin of Tours, Saint Martin and Gregory of Tours were from Tours. Tours was once part of Touraine, a former provi ...
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