The Communauté de communes de la Touraine du Sud is a former federation of municipalities (''

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Indre-et-Loire Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River. In 2019, it had a population of 610,079.département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...

'' and in the

Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (; ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior ...

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. It was created in December 2000.CC de la Touraine du Sud (N° SIREN : 243700812)
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Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine The Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine is a '' communauté de communes'', an intercommunal structure, in the Indre-et-Loire department, in the Centre-Val de Loire region, central France France, officially the French Republic, is ...

in January 2017. Its seat was in

Preuilly-sur-Claise Preuilly-sur-Claise () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Situation Preuilly-sur-Claise is situated at the extreme south of the Touraine at crossroad of Berry (Indre) and Poitou (Vienne) on the Claise river. The ...

, but Descartes was the most populous commune of the communauté de communes.

Composition

The ''Communauté de communes de la Touraine du Sud'' comprised 21

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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 Guia ...

Barrou Barrou () 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 ...

* Betz-le-Château *

Bossay-sur-Claise Bossay-sur-Claise () 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 ...

* Boussay *

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

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 Fra ...

Chambon A chambon is a piece of horse tack. It is a strap that runs forward from the bottom of the girth or surcingle, and forks. The forks continue to a ring on either side of the bridle or halter, at the base of the crownpiece. Running through those ...

Charnizay Charnizay () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. History In 1794, Charnizay annexed the commune of Saint Michel des Landes. Population Sights * Dolmen ''le Palet de Gargantua'' , near the hamlet of ''Les Champs ...

* Chaumussay * Descartes *

Ferrière-Larçon Ferrière-Larçon () 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 ...

Le Grand-Pressigny Le Grand-Pressigny () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. There is a Chalcolithic flint mine located in the commune. It produced an unusual caramel-coloured stone which appears to have been highly prized across Eur ...

La Guerche La Guerche () is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre-et-Loire Departments of France, department in central France. Population People from La Guerche are called ''Guerchois'' in French. Popular culture Louis Amédée Achard, an author c ...

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 Greg ...

Paulmy Paulmy () 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 ...

* Le Petit-Pressigny *

* Saint-Flovier *

Tournon-Saint-Pierre Tournon-Saint-Pierre () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population Sights The Château des Vallées is located in Tournon-Saint-Pierre. See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following ...

Yzeures-sur-Creuse Yzeures-sur-Creuse (, literally ''Yzeures on Creuse'') is a commune in the department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is one of the oldest towns in Touraine, occupation dating back to the Upper Paleolithic era earlier than ...

Composition

Demography

Politics and government

Intercommunal representation

See also

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