Indre-et-Loire
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Indre-et-Loire
Location
Statistics
-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 March 4, 1790. It was created from the former province of Touraine.
Tours was a center of learning in the early Middle Ages.
[edit] Geography
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.
[edit] 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 la Bourdaisière Château de Chenonceau Château de Plessis-lez-Tours Chinon Courcelles-de-Touraine Château de Langeais Marcay Montpoupon Tours Château de Villandry Château du Rivau Loches
[edit] See also
Cantons of the Indre-et-Loire department Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department Arrondissements of the Indre-et-Loire department
[edit] External links
(French) Prefecture website (French) General Council website (English) Indre-et-Loire at the Open Directory Project
