Indre-et-Loire

DÃÂÃÂ©partement d'Indre-et-Loire
Details
Information
Number	37
Region	Centre
Prefecture	Tours
Subprefectures	Chinon Loches
Population - Total (1999) - Density	Ranked 41st 554,003 90 /kmÃÂÃÂ²
Area	6,127 kmÃÂÃÂ²
Arrondissementss	3
Cantons	37
Communes	277
President of the general council	XX
Location

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

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

History

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