Tours

Tours (French pronunciation: ​[tuʁ]) is a ceety an commune in central Fraunce, an the prefectur o Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.

Tours
Toun haw an Place Jean Jaurès
Coat airms
Tours Location within Centre-Val de Loire region Tours
Coordinates: 47°23′37″N 0°41′21″E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Depairtment	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Tours
Govrenment
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Serge Babary
Area 1	34.36 km2 (13.27 sq mi)
Population  (2016-01-01)2	139,963
• Density	4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37261 /37000, 37100, 37200
Elevation	44–109 m (144–358 ft)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Internaitional relations

Tours is twinned wi:

• Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, syne 1962
• Segovia, Spain, syne 1972
• Parma, Italy, syne 1976
• Luoyang, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, syne 1982
• Springfield, Missouri, USA, syne 1984
• Trois-Rivières, Canadae, syne 1987
• Takamatsu, Japan, syne 1988
• Braşov, Romanie, syne 1990
• Minneapolis, Minnesota USA, syne 1991

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