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  Region Centre
  Prefecture Tours
  Subprefectures Chinon <br> Loches
  Population 554,003pop_date=1999pop_rank=41stdensity=90
  Area 6127area_scale=9
  Arrond 3cantons=37communes=277
  President Marc Pommereau pres_party=
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Indre-et-Loire is a '' Département '' in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers.


HISTORY


Indre-et-Loire was one of the original 83 ''départements'' created during the French Revolution on March 4 , 1790 . It was created from the former Province of Touraine .

Tours was a center of learning in the early Middle Ages .


GEOGRAPHY


Indre-et-Loire is part of the current region of Centre (Val De Loire) and is surrounded by the ''départements'' of Loir-et-Cher , Indre , Vienne , Maine-et-Loire , and Sarthe .

TOURISM


Indre-et-Loire is home to numerous outstanding Château x that are open to the public, among them are the following:



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