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Centre-Val de Loire

French administrative region
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Summary

Centre-Val de Loire is a region of France[1]. It draws 6,183 Wikipedia views per month (region of france category, ranking #17 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: metropolitan France[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Head of government: François Bonneau[5]
  • Capital: Orléans[6]
  • Shares border with: Île-de-France[7], Pays de la Loire[8], Normandy[9], Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[10], Nouvelle-Aquitaine[11], Bourgogne-Franche-Comté[12], Auvergne[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Cher[14], Indre-et-Loire[15], Eure-et-Loir[16], Indre[17], Loir-et-Cher[18], Loiret[19]
  • Flag: flag of Centre-Val de Loire[20]
  • Legislative body: Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire[21]
  • Part of: Western defense and security zone[22]
  • Commons category: Centre-Val de Loire[23]
  • Inception: June 4, 1960[24]
  • Start time: July 9, 1972[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Centre-Val de Loire[26]
  • Commons gallery: Centre-Val de Loire[27]
  • Population: 2,570,546[28], 2,577,435[29], 2,578,592[30], 2,576,252[31], 2,572,853[32], 2,573,180[33], 2,574,863[34], 2,573,303[35], 2,581,597[36], 2,587,031[37]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Centre-Val de Loire[38]
  • Official name: Centre-Val de Loire[39]
  • Category for people born here: Category:People born in Centre-Val de Loire[40]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Centre-Val de Loire[41]
  • Demonym: Centrais[42]
  • Native label: Centre-Val de Loire[43]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Centre-Val de Loire[44]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Centre-Val de Loire[45]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Centre-Val de Loire[46]
  • Area: 39,151 km²[47]

Why It Matters

Centre-Val de Loire has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Décret du 2 juin 1960 portant harmonisation des circonscriptions administratives. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Q104585386. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Roptat · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 128
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'ay', 'az', 'azb', 'ban', 'be', 'be_x_ol
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Official name: Centre-Val de Loire"
  2. 17w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Orléans
    Category for people buried here → Category:Burials in Centre-Val de Loire
    Country → France
    Population → {'amount': '+2570546'}, {'amount': '+2577435'}, {'amount': '+2578592'} +7
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36652|batch #36652]]: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
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