Centre-Val de Loire

**Centre-Val de Loire** is one of the administrative regions of France. Its capital is Orléans but its largest city is Tours.

It was formed in 2014 from the territories of three historical provinces: Touraine (Indre-et-Loire), Orléanais (Loiret, Eure-et-Loir, Loir-et-Cher), and Berry (Cher, Indre).

## Geography

The Centre-Val de Loire region is the seventh largest region of France with an area of . It is in north central France and borders with 6 regions: Normandy to the northwest, Île-de-France to the north, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté to the east, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to the southeast, Nouvelle-Aquitaine to the south and Pays de la Loire to the west.

The distances from Orléans, the capital of the region, to other cities are:
- Paris, the national capital, ;
- Bordeaux, ;
- Lyon, ;
- Marseille, ;
- Montpellier, ;
- Nice, ;
- Strasbourg, ;
- Toulouse, .

### Rivers

The Centre-Val de Loire is crossed by the longest French river: the Loire, . Some other rivers that flow through the region are:
- Eure - .
- Loir - .
- Cher - .
- Loing - .
- Indre - .

### Mountains

The territory of the Centre-Val de Loire region is formed mostly by large plains and low plateaus.

The _Le Magnoux_ (), at , is the highest point of the Centre-Val region. It is in northwestern Massif Central, in the southern end of the Cher department.

The highest point of the different departments in the Centre-Val de Loire region are:
|Department|Mountain|Elevation|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Cher|_Le Magnoux_||
|Eure-et-Loir|_Butte de Rougemont_||
|Indre|_Terrior Randoin_||
|Indre-et-Loire|_Signal de la Ronde_||
|Loir-et-Cher|_Bois des Vallèes_||
|Loiret|_Col des Étourneaux_||

## Departments

The Centre-Val de Loire region is formed by 6 departments:

|ISO 3166-2|Shield|Department|Prefecture|Arr.|Cant.|Comm.|Population <small>(2014)</small>|Width=60px|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Density <small>(Inh./km²)</small>||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|FR-18|align="center"||align="left"|Cher|align="left"|Bourges|3|19|290|310,270|7,235.0||
|align="center"|FR-28|align="center"||align="left"|Eure-et-Loir|align="left"|Chartres|4|15|375|433,762|5,880.0||
|align="center"|FR-36|align="center"||align="left"|Indre|align="left"|Châteauroux|4|13|243|226,175|6,790.6||
|align="center"|FR-37|align="center"||align="left"|Indre-et-Loire|align="left"|Tours|3|19|273|603,924|6126.7||
|align="center"|FR-41|align="center"||align="left"|Loir-et-Cher|align="left"|Blois|3|15|276|333,567|6,343.4||
|align="center"|FR-45|align="center"||align="left"|Loiret|align="left"|Orléans|3|21|326|669,737|6,775.2||
|align="center" colspan=4|**Total of the Region**|**20**|**102**|**1,783**|**2,577,435**|**39,150.9**|****|||||||
_Arr._ = Arrondissements          _Cant._ = Cantons          _Comm._ = Communes

## Demographics

, the Centre-Val de Loire region had a population of 2,577,435, for a population density of  inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>.

The main cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants (2014) in the region are:

|INSEE code !! City !! Department !! Population <small>(2014)</small>||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|37261|Tours|Indre-et-Loire|136,125|
|45234|Orléans|Loiret|114,977|
|18033|Bourges|Cher|66,528|
|41018|Blois|Loir-et-Cher|46,351|
|36044|Châteauroux|Indre|44,479|
|28085|Chartres|Eure-et-Loir|38,728|
|37122|Joué-lès-Tours|Indre-et-Loire|37,748|
|28134|Dreux|Eure-et-Loir|31,191|
|18279|Vierzon|Cher|27,050|
|45232|Olivet|Loiret|21,192|
|45147|Fleury-les-Aubrais|Loiret|20,791|

## Related pages

- Touraine
- Regions of France

## Other websites

- Regional Council website
- Prefecture of the region

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Centre-Val de Loire
- **native name lang**: fr
- **settlement type**: Regions of France, Region of France
- **image skyline**: La Loire à Orléans.jpg
- **image caption**: The Loire river as it passes through Orléans
- **image flag**: Flag of Centre-Val de Loire.svg
- **flag size**: 120px
- **image shield**: BlasonCentre.svg
- **blank emblem size**: 75px
- **image map**: Centre-Val_de_Loire_in_France_2016.svg
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **seat type**: Prefectures in France, Prefecture
- **seat**: Orléans
- **parts type**: Departments of France, Departments
- **parts style**: list
- **parts**: 6
- **p1**: Cher (department), Cher
- **p2**: Eure-et-Loir
- **p3**: Indre
- **p4**: Indre-et-Loire
- **p5**: Loir-et-Cher
- **p6**: Loiret
- **leader title**: President of the Regional Council (France), President of the Regional Council
- **leader name**: François Bonneau (Socialist Party (France), PS)
- **area total km2**: 39151
- **area rank**: 7th
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset1**: +01:00
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +02:00
- **blank name sec1**: Gross domestic product, GDP (2012)
- **blank info sec1**: List of French regions and overseas collectivities by GDP, Ranked 9th
- **blank1 name sec1**: Total
- **blank1 info sec1**: €67.1 billion (US$86.3 bn)
- **blank2 name sec1**: Per capita
- **blank2 info sec1**: €26,126 (US$33,603)
- **blank name sec2**: First level NUTS of the European Union, NUTS Region
- **blank info sec2**: FR2
- **iso code**: FR-CVL
- **blank1 name sec2**: Largest city
- **blank1 info sec2**: Tours