Indre-et-Loire

**Indre-et-Loire**
Indre-et-Loire
	Coat of Arms of Indre-et-Loire
	Location
Administration
Department number:	37
Region:	Centre
Prefecture:	Tours
Subprefectures:	Chinon; Loches
Arrondissements:	3
Cantons:	37
Communes:	277
President of the General Council:	Marc Pommereau;
Statistics
Population	Ranked 41st
-1999	554,003
Population density:	90/km2
Land area¹:	6127 km2
	¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

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

[edit] History

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

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

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

The President of the General Council is Claude Roiron of the Socialist Party.

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

Map of Indre-et-Loire

Indre-et-Loire

Coat of Arms of Indre-et-Loire
Location

Administration
Department number:	37
Region:	Centre
Prefecture:	Tours
Subprefectures:	Chinon Loches
Arrondissements:	3
Cantons:	37
Communes:	277
President of the General Council:	Marc Pommereau
Statistics
Population	Ranked 41st
-1999	554,003
Population density:	90/km²
Land area¹:	6127 km²

¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².