Arrondissement of Tours

The arrondissement of Tours is an arrondissement of France, in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Tours.

Tours
Arrondissement
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre-et-Loire
No. of communes54
PrefectureTours
Area
1,087.6 km2 (419.9 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
389,629
INSEE code372

History

When the Indre-et-Loire department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Tours was part of that original department.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Tours is the northern half of the Indre-et-Loire department. It is bordered to the north and east by the Loir-et-Cher department, to the southeast by the Loches arrondissement, to the southwest by the Chinon arrondissement, to the west by the Maine-et-Loire department and to the northwest by the Sarthe department.

The arrondissement of Tours is the largest arrondissement of the department in area, 2,629.2 square kilometres (1,015.1 square miles), and the one with more people living in it with 466,232 inhabitants.[3]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

The cantons of the arrondissement of Tours are:

  1. Amboise (3701)
  2. Ballan-Miré (3702)
  3. Bléré (3703)
  4. Château-Renault (3704)
  5. Joué-lès-Tours (3707)
  6. Langeais (3708) (partly)
  7. Montlouis-sur-Loire (3710)
  8. Monts (3711)
  9. Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (3712)
  10. Saint-Pierre-des-Corps (3714)
  11. Tours-1 (3715)
  12. Tours-2 (3716)
  13. Tours-3 (3717)
  14. Tours-4 (3718)
  15. Vouvray (3719)

Communes

The arrondissement of Tours has 54 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[5]

  1. Artannes-sur-Indre (37006)
  2. Azay-le-Rideau (37014)
  3. Azay-sur-Cher (37015)
  4. Ballan-Miré (37018)
  5. Berthenay (37025)
  6. Bréhémont (37038)
  7. Chambray-lès-Tours (37050)
  8. Chançay (37052)
  9. Chanceaux-sur-Choisille (37054)
  10. La Chapelle-aux-Naux (37056)
  11. Cheillé (37067)
  12. Druye (37099)
  13. Esvres (37104)
  14. Fondettes (37109)
  15. Joué-lès-Tours (37122)
  16. Larçay (37124)
  17. Lignières-de-Touraine (37128)
  18. Luynes (37139)
  19. La Membrolle-sur-Choisille (37151)
  20. Mettray (37152)
  21. Monnaie (37153)
  22. Montbazon (37154)
  23. Montlouis-sur-Loire (37156)
  24. Monts (37159)
  25. Notre-Dame-d'Oé (37172)
  26. Parçay-Meslay (37179)
  27. Pont-de-Ruan (37186)
  28. Reugny (37194)
  29. La Riche (37195)
  30. Rigny-Ussé (37197)
  31. Rivarennes (37200)
  32. Rochecorbon (37203)
  33. Saché (37205)
  34. Saint-Avertin (37208)
  35. Saint-Branchs (37211)
  36. Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois (37212)
  37. Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (37214)
  38. Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny (37217)
  39. Saint-Genouph (37219)
  40. Saint-Pierre-des-Corps (37233)
  41. Savonnières (37243)
  42. Sorigny (37250)
  43. Thilouze (37257)
  44. Tours (37261)
  45. Truyes (37263)
  46. Vallères (37264)
  47. Veigné (37266)
  48. Véretz (37267)
  49. Vernou-sur-Brenne (37270)
  50. Villaines-les-Rochers (37271)
  51. Villandry (37272)
  52. La Ville-aux-Dames (37273)
  53. Villeperdue (37278)
  54. Vouvray (37281)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[6]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
37261Tours136,125Tours-1, Tours-2, Tours-3, Tours-4CU Tour(S) Plus
37122Joué-lès-Tours37,748Joué-lès-ToursCU Tour(S) Plus
37214Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire15,994Saint-Cyr-sur-LoireCU Tour(S) Plus
37233Saint-Pierre-des-Corps15,538Saint-Pierre-des-CorpsCU Tour(S) Plus
37208Saint-Avertin14,985Saint-Pierre-des-CorpsCU Tour(S) Plus
37050Chambray-lès-Tours11,109Montlouis-sur-LoireCU Tour(S) Plus
37156Montlouis-sur-Loire10,574Montlouis-sur-LoireTouraine-Est Vallées
37195La Riche10,434Ballan-MiréCU Tour(S) Plus
37109Fondettes10,427Saint-Cyr-sur-LoireCU Tour(S) Plus
37018Ballan-Miré7,900Ballan-MiréCU Tour(S) Plus
  1. Arrondissements of the Indre-et-Loire department
  2. List of arrondissements of France

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique d'Indre-et-Loire". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. "Arrondissement de Tours (372)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. "Décret n° 2014-179 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation de cantons dans le département d'Indre-et-Loire" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  5. "Arrondissement de Tours (372)". Géographie administrative et d’étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

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