Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (, literally ''Saint-Cyr on

Loire The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône ...

'') is a commune in the department of

Indre-et-Loire Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it ...

in central

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. It is located northwest of

Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities 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 ...

on the other side of the

. It is the third largest city in the Indre-et-Loire department, behind Tours and

Joué-lès-Tours Joué-lès-Tours (, literally ''Joué near Tours'') is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is the largest suburb of the city of Tours, and is adjacent to it on the southwest. Population Toponymy The name of Jou� ...

Population

Education

The commune has: *Five public and private preschools (''écoles maternelles'') with a combined total of 500 students: Jean Moulin, Honoré de Balzac-Anatole France, Charles Perrault, Périgourd, and Saint-Joseph (private)Ecoles
" Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. Retrieved on September 4, 2016. *Four public elementary schools with a combined total of about 700 students: République, Roland Engerand, Honoré de Balzac – Anatole France, and Périgourd; and 140 students at the Saint-Joseph private elementary *Two junior high schools (''collèges'') with a combined total of 700 students: Henri Bergson and Béchéllerie
" Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. Retrieved on September 4, 2016. Two senior high schools/sixth-form colleges in

, Lycée Choiseul and Lycée Jacques de Vaucanson, serve students in this commune. The Lycée Konan de Touraine-France, a private Japanese international school, operated in the commune from 1991 to 2013.Denis, Pascal.
Lycée Konan : la fin d'un " rêve "
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La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest ''La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest'' (), commonly known as ''La Nouvelle République'' (''La NR''), is a French newspaper headquartered in Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. I ...

''. 25 October 2012. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. The École Japonaise Compleméntaire en Touraine (トゥレーヌ補習授業校 ''Tūrēnu Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), a part-time Japanese supplementary school, is held in the ''École Republique'' in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire.欧州の補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）

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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology The , also known as MEXT or Monka-shō, is one of the eleven Ministries of Japan that composes part of the executive branch of the Government of Japan. Its goal is to improve the development of Japan in relation with the international community ...

(MEXT). Retrieved on May 10, 2014. "c/o École Republique 64 Avenue Republique 37540 St. Cyr sur Loire FRANCE"

International relations

Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire is twinned with:

Personalities

Anatole France (; born , ; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie França ...

died here.Anatole France
The Nobel Prize

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