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Coordinates: 47°23′37″N 0°41′21″E / 47.393611, 0.689167

Commune of Tours
Town hall, Victor Laloux, architect (1896-1904)
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Indre-et-Loire (Préfecture)
Arrondissement	Tours
Canton	Chief town of 7 cantons
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération Tours Plus
Mayor	Jean Germain (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	44 m–109 m
Land area¹	34.36 km²
Population² (est. 2006)	142 000
- Density	4,132/km² (2006)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	37261/ 37000, 37100, 37200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Tours is a city in France, the préfecture (capital city) of the Indre-et-Loire département, on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection (as perceived by some speakers) of its local spoken French, and for the famous Battle of Tours in 732. It is also the site of the cycling race Paris-Tours. Tours is the largest city in the Centre region of France, although it is not the regional capital, which resides in its second-largest city of Orléans. In 2006, the city itself had 142,000 inhabitants and the metropolitan area had 297,631.

Tours' sister cities are Springfield, Missouri, USA (1984) and Minneapolis, USA (1991).

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