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. Sometimes referred to as Touraine, the name of the historic region, it nowadays is part of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its prefecture is Tours and subprefectures are Chinon and Loches. Indre-et-Loire is a touristic destination for its numerous monuments that are part of the Châteaux of the Loire Valley.
Indre is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the Indriens and Indriennes. Indre is part of the current administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire and is bordered by the departments of Indre-et-Loire to the west, Loir-et-Cher to the north, Cher to the east, Creuse, and Haute-Vienne to the south, and Vienne to the southwest. The préfecture (capital) is Châteauroux and there are three subpréfectures at Le Blanc, La Châtre and Issoudun. It had a population of 219,316 in 2019.
The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France.
The following is a list of the 266 communes of the Vienne department of France.
The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et-Cher department of France.
The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France.
The following is a list of the 241 communes of the Indre department of France.
The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise department of France.
The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin.
Descartes is a large village and commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is approximately 29 kilometers east of Richelieu and about 48 kilometers east of Loudun, on the banks of the Creuse River, near the border of the French department of Vienne, and the border of the region between Centre-Val de Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is famous for the birthplace of the French mathematician and philosopher who invented the Cartesian coordinate system, René Descartes.
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 2,296.5 km2 (886.7 sq mi).
This gallery of French coats of arms shows the coats of arms of the Provinces, Regions, and Departments of France and certain French cities. They are used to visually identify historical and present-day regions, as well as cities, within France.
Chambourg-sur-Indre is a commune in the department of Indre-et-Loire in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine is a commune in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.
Sorigny is a French commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire.
The Communauté de communes de la Touraine du Sud is a former federation of municipalities in the Indre-et-Loire département and in the Centre-Val de Loire région of France. It was created in December 2000. It was merged into the new Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine in January 2017. Its seat was in Preuilly-sur-Claise, but Descartes was the most populous commune of the communauté de communes.
The canton of Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine is an administrative division of the Indre-et-Loire department, central France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Sainte-Maure-de-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. It was created on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the former communautés de communes of Loches Développement, Montrésor, Grand Ligueillois and Touraine du Sud. Its area is 1809.5 km2, and its population was 51,376 in 2018. Its seat is in Loches.
Isabelle Raimond-Pavero is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a member of the Senate for Indre-et-Loire since October 2017.
The Communauté de communes de Montrésor is a former communauté de communes, an intercommunal structure, in the Indre-et-Loire department, in the Centre-Val de Loire region, central France. It was created in December 2000. It was merged into the newly-created Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine on 1 January 2017. In 2013, it had a population of 5,645 with its intercommunal seat located in Montrésor.
