Indre-et-Loire
French department in Centre-Val de Loire
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Summary
Indre-et-Loire is a department of France[1]. Indre-et-Loire draws 2,782 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #55 of 147).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Centre-Val de Loire[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Loire[5], Cher[6], Indre[7], Vienne[8]
- Head of government: Marisol Touraine[9]
- Capital: Tours[10]
- Shares border with: Maine-et-Loire[11], Sarthe[12], Loir-et-Cher[13], Indre[14], Vienne[15]
- Named after: Indre River[16], Loire[17]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Chinon[18], arrondissement of Loches[19], arrondissement of Tours[20], Tours[21]
- Commons category: Indre-et-Loire[22]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[23], UTC+02:00[24]
- Inception: March 4, 1790[25]
- Highest point: Q26885410[26]
- Official website: https://www.touraine.fr/[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Indre-et-Loire[28]
- Commons gallery: Indre-et-Loire[29]
- Population: 605,819[30], 604,966[31], 606,511[32], 607,760[33], 610,079[34], 612,119[35], 612,160[36], 616,326[37], 619,362[38]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Indre-et-Loire[39]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[40]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[43]
- Official name: Indre-et-Loire[44]
- List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques d'Indre-et-Loire[45]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Indre-et-Loire[46]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Indre-et-Loire[47]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Indre-et-Loire[48]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Indre-et-Loire[49]
Why It Matters
Indre-et-Loire has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Indre-et-Loire is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]