Tours

Tours is a city on the Loire River in the centre of France. It has about 143,000 inhabitants. It is the prefecture (administrative headquarters) of the department of Indre-et-Loire and is one of the 22 French metropolis.

 Notable natives and residents 
 Honoré de Balzac 1799-1850, novelist
 René Descartes 1596-1650, scientist, mathematician and philosopher

Sister cities
  Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, since 1962
  Segovia, Spain, since 1972
  Parma, Italy, since 1976
  Luoyang, People's Republic of China, since 1982
  Springfield, USA, since 1984
  Trois-Rivières, Canada, since 1987
  Takamatsu, Japan, since 1988
  Braşov, Romania, since 1990
  Minneapolis, USA, since 1991

Related pages 
 Capital of France

Category:Capital of France

Category:Former national capitals