Indre-et-Loire

Département d'Indre-et-Loire
Coat of Arms d'Indre-et-Loire Details
Information
Number	37
Region	Centre
Prefecture	Tours
Subprefectures	Chinon Loches
Population - Total (1999) - Density	Ranked 41st 554,003 90 /km²
Area	6,127 km²
Arrondissementss	3
Cantons	37
Communes	277
President of the general council	XX
Location
Location of d'Indre-et-Loire in France

Indre-et-Loire is a département in west central France, originally known as the province of Touraine. It is named after the Indre and the Loire rivers.

The département is marked by fertile valleys and has four significant rivers: the Loire, the Cher, the Vienne, and the Creuse.

Indre-et-Loire is the home to numerous outstanding medieval chateaux that are open to the public.

Tours, the préfecture (capital), was a center of learning in the early Middle Ages.