The arrondissement of Tours is an arrondissement of France in the Indre-et-Loire

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in the

Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...

region. It has 54 communes. Its population is 384,117 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Tours, and their INSEE codes, are: #

Artannes-sur-Indre Artannes-sur-Indre (, literally ''Artannes on Indre'') is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population Town twinning * Bathford, Somerset, Great Britain See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The f ...

(37006) # Azay-le-Rideau (37014) #

Azay-sur-Cher Azay-sur-Cher (, ''Azay on Cher'') is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is twinned with Bedale, North Yorkshire, UK. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of th ...

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Ballan-Miré Ballan-Miré () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, central France. The commune was established 1818 by merger of the former communes of Ballan and Miré. It is located southwest of Tours. Population See also *Communes of the In ...

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Berthenay Berthenay () is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre-et-Loire departments of France, department in central France. Berthenay is bordered by the river Loire and is near the city of Tours. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loi ...

(37025) # Bréhémont (37038) #

Chambray-lès-Tours Chambray-lès-Tours (, literally ''Chambray Lès, near Tours'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre-et-Loire Departments of France, department, central France. It is the birthplace of professional association football, footballer Adam Ou ...

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Chançay Chançay () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population The inhabitants are called ''Chancéens''. See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of the Indre ...

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Chanceaux-sur-Choisille Chanceaux-sur-Choisille () is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre-et-Loire Departments of France, department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department References

Communes of Indre-et ...

(37054) # La Chapelle-aux-Naux (37056) # Cheillé (37067) #

Druye Druye () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, central France. Population The inhabitants are called ''Druyens'' or ''Druyennes''. See also * Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of ...

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Esvres Esvres (), also called ''Esvres-sur-Indre'', 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 ...

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Fondettes Fondettes () is a commune in the suburbs of Tours in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Population Mayors of Fondettes *1944-1945: René Vernier *1945-1959: Ernest Dupuis *1959-1971: Marcel Chauvin *1971-1993: Je ...

(37109) # Joué-lès-Tours (37122) #

Larçay Larçay () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population The inhabitants are called ''Larcéens''. See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of the Indre-e ...

(37124) # Lignières-de-Touraine (37128) # Luynes (37139) # La Membrolle-sur-Choisille (37151) # Mettray (37152) #

Monnaie Monnaie () 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 commun ...

(37153) # Montbazon (37154) # Montlouis-sur-Loire (37156) # Monts (37159) #

Notre-Dame-d'Oé Notre-Dame-d'Oé () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department of 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. Th ...

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Parçay-Meslay Parçay-Meslay () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, central France. Population Education the commune has one school with 217 students, with 75 in preschool (''école maternelle'') and 142 in elementary school.

(37179) # Pont-de-Ruan (37186) # Reugny (37194) #

La Riche La Riche () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population See also * Château de Plessis-lez-Tours * Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of the Indre-et-Loire dep ...

(37195) #

Rigny-Ussé Rigny-Ussé () 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 comm ...

(37197) # Rivarennes (37200) #

Rochecorbon Rochecorbon () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, 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 commun ...

(37203) # Saché (37205) #

Saint-Avertin Saint-Avertin () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. History In the Gallo-Roman times, a hamlet called Vinciacum was set up near quarries where stones required for the building of Caesarodonum (Tours) were extracted. ...

(37208) # Saint-Branchs (37211) # Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (37214) # Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois (37212) #

Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny () 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 F ...

(37217) # Saint-Genouph (37219) #

Saint-Pierre-des-Corps Saint-Pierre-des-Corps () is a commune in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is located about 4 km (2.5 mi) from Tours. During the French Revolution, it was called ''La Clarté-Républicaine''. Population T ...

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Savonnières Savonnières () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population See also * Les Grottes Pétrifiantes de Savonnières *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of the ...

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Sorigny Sorigny () is a French commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire. Sorigny has been twinned with the village of Box, in Wiltshire, Great Britain, since 2016. History It is a parish that was confirmed in March 1031 by a cha ...

(37250) # Thilouze (37257) # Tours (37261) # Truyes (37263) # Vallères (37264) #

Veigné Veigné () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Geography Veigné is located next to the river Indre, 12 kilometres south of Tours. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The followin ...

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Véretz Véretz is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. The anarchist poet and chansonnier Eugène Bizeau (1883–1989) was born in Véretz. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a ...

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Vernou-sur-Brenne Vernou-sur-Brenne () is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre-et-Loire Departments of France, department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department References

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(37270) # Villaines-les-Rochers (37271) #

Villandry Villandry () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. The Château de Villandry is located there. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of the Ind ...

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La Ville-aux-Dames La Ville-aux-Dames () 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. ...

(37273) # Villeperdue (37278) #

Vouvray Vouvray (, , ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is around 9 km east of the centre of Tours. It is best known for its production of white wine, rated among the best in France. Population Education Schoo ...

(37281)

History

The arrondissement of Tours was created in 1800.Historique d'Indre-et-Loire
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Indre-et-Loire, it gained 12 communes from the

arrondissement of Chinon The arrondissement of Chinon is an arrondissement of France in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 106 communes. Its population is 103,824 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondiss ...

, and it lost 34 communes to the arrondissement of Chinon and 46 communes to the

arrondissement of Loches The arrondissement of Loches is an arrondissement of France in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 112 communes. Its population is 118,282 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondiss ...

. As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Tours were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 37 Indre-et-Loire
INSEE #

Amboise Amboise (; ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Today a small market town, it was once home of the French royal court. Geography Amboise lies on the banks of the river Loire, east of Tours. It is also about away f ...

Bléré Bléré () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Geography Cultural surroundings Bléré, in the administrative region of " Centre Val-de-Loire", is located 27 km from Tours, 225 km southwest of Paris, ...

# Chambray-lès-Tours # Château-la-Vallière # Château-Renault # Joué-lès-Tours-Nord # Joué-lès-Tours-Sud # Luynes # Montbazon # Montlouis-sur-Loire # Neuillé-Pont-Pierre # Neuvy-le-Roi # Saint-Avertin # Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire #

# Tours-Centre # Tours-Est # Tours-Nord-Est # Tours-Nord-Ouest # Tours-Ouest # Tours-Sud # Tours-Val-du-Cher #

References

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