Indre-et-Loire - Definition and Overview

Département d'Indre-et-Loire
Details
Information
Number	37
Région	Centre
Préfecture	Tours
Subprefectures	Chinon Loches
Population  - Total (1999)  - Density	Ranked 41st 554,003 90 /km²
Area	6,127 km²
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	37
Communes	277
President of the general council	XX
Location

Indre-et-Loire is a département in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers.

History

Indre-et-Loire was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the former province of Touraine.

Tours was a center of learning in the early Middle Ages.

Geography

Indre-et-Loire is part of the current region of Centre (Val de Loire) and is surrounded by the departments of Loir-et-Cher, Indre, Vienne, Maine-et-Loire, and Sarthe.

Tourism

Indre-et-Loire is home to numerous outstanding châteaux that are open to the public, among them are the following:

• Château d'Amboise
• Azay-le-Rideau
• Château de Chenonceau
• Chinon
• Courcelles-de-Touraine
• Langeais
• Marcay
• Montpoupon
• Tours
• Villandry

External links

• Prefecture website (http://www.indre-et-loire.pref.gouv.fr/) (in French)
• Conseil Général website (http://www.cg37.fr/) (in French)
• http://www.tourism-touraine.com/
• Map of the department (http://www.quid.fr/departements.html?mode=detail&dep=37&style=map)

Indre-et-Loire map

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