Arrondissement of Tours

The **arrondissement of Tours** is an arrondissement of France, in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Tours.

## History

When the Indre-et-Loire department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Tours was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Tours is the northern half of the Indre-et-Loire department. It is bordered to the north and east by the Loir-et-Cher department, to the southeast by the Loches _arrondissement_, to the southwest by the Chinon _arrondissement_, to the west by the Maine-et-Loire department and to the northwest by the Sarthe department.

The _arrondissement_ of Tours is the largest _arrondissement_ of the department in area, , and the one with more people living in it with 466,232 inhabitants.

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the _arrondissements_ so they could have _communes_ that belong to different _arrondissements_.

The cantons of the _arrondissement_ of Tours are:

1. Amboise <small>(3701)</small>
1. Ballan-Miré <small>(3702)</small>
1. Bléré <small>(3703)</small>
1. Château-Renault <small>(3704)</small>
1. Joué-lès-Tours <small>(3707)</small>
1. Langeais <small>(3708)</small> (partly)
1. Montlouis-sur-Loire <small>(3710)</small>
1. Monts <small>(3711)</small>
1. Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire <small>(3712)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-des-Corps <small>(3714)</small>
1. Tours-1 <small>(3715)</small>
1. Tours-2 <small>(3716)</small>
1. Tours-3 <small>(3717)</small>
1. Tours-4 <small>(3718)</small>
1. Vouvray <small>(3719)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Tours has 54 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Artannes-sur-Indre <small>(37006)</small>
1. Azay-le-Rideau <small>(37014)</small>
1. Azay-sur-Cher <small>(37015)</small>
1. Ballan-Miré <small>(37018)</small>
1. Berthenay <small>(37025)</small>
1. Bréhémont <small>(37038)</small>
1. Chambray-lès-Tours <small>(37050)</small>
1. Chançay <small>(37052)</small>
1. Chanceaux-sur-Choisille <small>(37054)</small>
1. La Chapelle-aux-Naux <small>(37056)</small>
1. Cheillé <small>(37067)</small>
1. Druye <small>(37099)</small>
1. Esvres <small>(37104)</small>
1. Fondettes <small>(37109)</small>
1. Joué-lès-Tours <small>(37122)</small>
1. Larçay <small>(37124)</small>
1. Lignières-de-Touraine <small>(37128)</small>
1. Luynes <small>(37139)</small>
1. La Membrolle-sur-Choisille <small>(37151)</small>
1. Mettray <small>(37152)</small>
1. Monnaie <small>(37153)</small>
1. Montbazon <small>(37154)</small>
1. Montlouis-sur-Loire <small>(37156)</small>
1. Monts <small>(37159)</small>
1. Notre-Dame-d'Oé <small>(37172)</small>
1. Parçay-Meslay <small>(37179)</small>
1. Pont-de-Ruan <small>(37186)</small>
1. Reugny <small>(37194)</small>
1. La Riche <small>(37195)</small>
1. Rigny-Ussé <small>(37197)</small>
1. Rivarennes <small>(37200)</small>
1. Rochecorbon <small>(37203)</small>
1. Saché <small>(37205)</small>
1. Saint-Avertin <small>(37208)</small>
1. Saint-Branchs <small>(37211)</small>
1. Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois <small>(37212)</small>
1. Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire <small>(37214)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny <small>(37217)</small>
1. Saint-Genouph <small>(37219)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-des-Corps <small>(37233)</small>
1. Savonnières <small>(37243)</small>
1. Sorigny <small>(37250)</small>
1. Thilouze <small>(37257)</small>
1. Tours <small>(37261)</small>
1. Truyes <small>(37263)</small>
1. Vallères <small>(37264)</small>
1. Veigné <small>(37266)</small>
1. Véretz <small>(37267)</small>
1. Vernou-sur-Brenne <small>(37270)</small>
1. Villaines-les-Rochers <small>(37271)</small>
1. Villandry <small>(37272)</small>
1. La Ville-aux-Dames <small>(37273)</small>
1. Villeperdue <small>(37278)</small>
1. Vouvray <small>(37281)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|37261|Tours|136,125|Tours-1, Tours-2, Tours-3, Tours-4|CU Tour(S) Plus|
|37122|Joué-lès-Tours|37,748|Joué-lès-Tours|CU Tour(S) Plus|
|37214|Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire|15,994|Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire|CU Tour(S) Plus|
|37233|Saint-Pierre-des-Corps|15,538|Saint-Pierre-des-Corps|CU Tour(S) Plus|
|37208|Saint-Avertin|14,985|Saint-Pierre-des-Corps|CU Tour(S) Plus|
|37050|Chambray-lès-Tours|11,109|Montlouis-sur-Loire|CU Tour(S) Plus|
|37156|Montlouis-sur-Loire|10,574|Montlouis-sur-Loire|Touraine-Est Vallées|
|37195|La Riche|10,434|Ballan-Miré|CU Tour(S) Plus|
|37109|Fondettes|10,427|Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire|CU Tour(S) Plus|
|37018|Ballan-Miré|7,900|Ballan-Miré|CU Tour(S) Plus|

## Related pages

1. Arrondissements of the Indre-et-Loire department
1. List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Tours
- **insee**: 372
- **nbcomm**: 54
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Tours
- **area**: 1087.6
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Tours 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire