Joué-lès-Tours
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This article is about the commune. For the football club, see Joué-lès-Tours FCT.
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Tours |
| Mayor | Philippe Le Breton (PS) (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 44–96 m (144–315 ft) |
| Land area1 | 33.41 km2 (12.90 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 36,000 (2009) |
| - Density | 1,078 /km2 (2,790 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37122/ 37300 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 47°21′05″N 0°39′45″E / 47.3514°N 0.6625°E
Joué-lès-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.
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[edit] Population
| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 1,515 | — |
| 1800 | 1,777 | +17.3% |
| 1806 | 1,671 | −6.0% |
| 1821 | 1,700 | +1.7% |
| 1831 | 1,776 | +4.5% |
| 1836 | 1,769 | −0.4% |
| 1841 | 1,791 | +1.2% |
| 1846 | 1,780 | −0.6% |
| 1851 | 1,802 | +1.2% |
| 1856 | 1,845 | +2.4% |
| 1861 | 2,010 | +8.9% |
| 1866 | 2,043 | +1.6% |
| 1872 | 2,106 | +3.1% |
| 1876 | 2,302 | +9.3% |
| 1881 | 2,381 | +3.4% |
| 1886 | 2,470 | +3.7% |
| 1891 | 2,538 | +2.8% |
| 1896 | 2,462 | −3.0% |
| 1901 | 2,466 | +0.2% |
| 1906 | 2,595 | +5.2% |
| 1911 | 2,730 | +5.2% |
| 1921 | 3,143 | +15.1% |
| 1926 | 3,440 | +9.4% |
| 1931 | 4,163 | +21.0% |
| 1936 | 4,704 | +13.0% |
| 1946 | 5,684 | +20.8% |
| 1954 | 6,446 | +13.4% |
| 1962 | 9,074 | +40.8% |
| 1968 | 17,826 | +96.5% |
| 1975 | 27,450 | +54.0% |
| 1982 | 34,704 | +26.4% |
| 1990 | 36,798 | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 36,517 | −0.8% |
| 2006 | 36,233 | −0.8% |
| 2009 | 36,000 | −0.6% |
[edit] Controversy
In February 2010 the mayor, Philippe Le Breton, added the word laïcité underneath the French national motto on the town hall's façade. The Muslim community of Joué-lès-Tours felt they were being "caricatured".
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- INSEE commune file
- TF1 - Video on the inscription (in French)
[edit] External links
- Official website (French)
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