Tours is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 138,668 inhabitants as of 2022 while the population of the whole metropolitan area was 526,370.
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| Subject | Tours |
| Category | City in Centre-Val de Loire, France |
| Reading time | 1 min · Intermediate |
| Key date | 138 |
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