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:

 ISO3166-2 Shield Department Prefecture Arr. Cant. Comm. Population(2014)Area(km²)Density(Inh./km²) FR-1822px Cher Bourges 3 19 290 310,270 7,235.0  FR-2822px Eure-et-Loir Chartres 4 15 375 433,762 5,880.0  FR-3622px Indre Châteauroux 4 13 243 226,175 6,790.6  FR-3722px Indre-et-Loire Tours 3 19 273 603,924 6126.7  FR-4122px Loir-et-Cher Blois 3 15 276 333,567 6,343.4  FR-4522px Loiret Orléans 3 21 326 669,737 6,775.2  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/km2.

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

 INSEEcode  City  Department  Population(2014) 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

Gallery

Related pages
 Touraine
 Regions of France

References

Other websites

 Regional Council website  
 Prefecture of the region