near
NEAR or Near may refer to:
People
* Thomas J. Near, US evolutionary ichthyologist
* Near, a developer who created the higan emulator
Science, mathematics, technology, biology, and medicine
* National Emergency Alarm Repeater (NEAR), a former ...
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 ...
'') is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River
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department
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* 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 central
France
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.
It is the largest
suburb
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of the city 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 ...
, and is adjacent to it on the southwest.
Population
Toponymy
The name of Joué-lès-Tours appears in its form "Gaudiacus" in the 6th Century. It corresponds to a toponymic type frequently found in Christian
Gaule
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, that gave different variants depending on the region: Joué (west of France),
Jouy Jouy may refer to:
Communes in France
* Jouy, Eure-et-Loir, in the Eure-et-Loir ''département''
*Jouy, Yonne, in the Yonne ''département''
*Jouy-aux-Arches, in the Moselle ''département''
*Jouy-en-Argonne, in the Meuse ''département''
*Jouy-en ...
Normandy
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/
Picardy
Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France.
Hi ...
),
Gaugeac
Gaugeac (; oc, Gaujac) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Population
Geography
Gaugeac borders eight other communes including one, Parranquet, in the department of Lot-et-Garonne. To the nor ...
,
Jaujac
Jaujac () is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France
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(south). It is composed of the Christian name "Gaudius", meaning "fortunate", "blessed" (gaudia > joy, in Latin) and with the Gallo-Roman suffix -ACU, meaning "place of", "property of".
In February 2010 the mayor, Philippe Le Breton, added the word ''
laïcité
(; 'secularism') is the constitutional principle of secularism in France. Article 1 of the French Constitution is commonly interpreted as discouraging religious involvement in government affairs, especially religious influence in the determin ...
TF1
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TF1 is par ...
(in French) The
Muslim
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community of Joué-lès-Tours felt they were being "caricatured".