Tours
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Summary
Tours is a commune of France[1]. Tours ranks in the top 0.15% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,992 views/month, #48 of 31,031).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Indre-et-Loire[3], canton of Tours-Centre[4], canton of Tours-Est[5], canton of Tours-Nord-Est[6], canton of Tours-Nord-Ouest[7], canton of Tours-Ouest[8], canton of Tours-Sud[9], canton of Tours-Val-du-Cher[10], arrondissement of Tours[11]
- Country: France[12]
- Located in or next to body of water: Loire[13], Cher[14]
- Head of government: Emmanuel Denis[15]
- Instance of: big city[16]
- Shares border with: Chambray-lès-Tours[17], Joué-lès-Tours[18], Mettray[19], Notre-Dame-d'Oé[20], Parçay-Meslay[21], La Riche[22], Rochecorbon[23], Saint-Avertin[24], Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire[25], Saint-Pierre-des-Corps[26]
- Flag: flag of Tours[27]
- Twinned administrative body: Brașov[28], Mülheim an der Ruhr[29], Segovia[30], Parma[31], Luoyang[32], Takamatsu[33], Minneapolis[34], Szombathely[35], Settat[36], Marrakesh[37], Ragusa[38], Springfield[39], Trois-Rives[40], Trois-Rivières[41]
- Postal code: 37000[42], 37100[43], 37200[44]
- Child organization or unit: Q113238489[45]
- Commons category: Tours (France)[46]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[47], UTC+02:00[48]
- Local dialing code: 247[49]
- Archives at: archives municipales de Tours[50]
- Official website: https://www.tours.fr/[51]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tours, France[52]
- Commons gallery: Tours (France)[53]
- Email address: mailto:webmestre@ville-tours.fr[54]
- Population: 134,803[55], 38,055[56], 26,669[57], 41,061[58], 136,252[59]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Tours include livre tournois[60], a currency[61], in Kingdom of France[62]; Turonian[63], a stage[64]; Tours Val de Loire Airport[65], an airport[66], in France[67]; and Tournois[68], a coin type[69], in Kingdom of France[70].
Why It Matters
Tours has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[71] Tours is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[72]
Entities named for Tours include livre tournois[60], a currency[61], in Kingdom of France[62]; Turonian[63], a stage[64]; Tours Val de Loire Airport[65], an airport[66], in France[67]; and Tournois[68], a coin type[69], in Kingdom of France[70].