Indre-et-Loire

Indre-et-Loire
Department of France
Top down, from left to right: Château de Langeais, Chinon and the Vienne River, Château de Chenonceau and the Cher River, prefecture building in Tours, Château de Villandry
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Location of Indre-et-Loire in France
Coordinates: 47°15′N 0°40′E / 47.250°N 0.667°E / 47.250; 0.667
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Prefecture	Tours
Subprefectures	Chinon Loches
Government
• President of the Departmental Council	Jean-Gérard Paumier[1] (LR)
Area 1
• Total	6,127 km2 (2,366 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	612,160
• Rank	41st
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	37
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	19
Communes	272
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Indre-et-Loire (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃.dʁ‿e.lwaʁ] ^ⓘ) is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River. In 2019, it had a population of 610,079.^[3] Sometimes referred to as Touraine, the name of the historic region, it is nowadays part of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its prefecture is Tours and subprefectures are Chinon and Loches. Indre-et-Loire is a touristic destination for its numerous monuments that are part of the Châteaux of the Loire Valley.