Tours

E41188

city commune of France

Tours is a historic city in central France’s Loire Valley, known for its medieval old town, proximity to famous châteaux, and role as a regional transport and cultural hub.

Aliases (1)

Tours, France ×3

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → commune of France →
area	approximately 34 square kilometers →
coordinateLatitude	47.394144 →
coordinateLongitude	0.68484 →
country	France →
demonym	Tourangeau → Tourangelle →
elevation	about 49 meters above sea level →
governedBy	Mayor of Tours →
hasAirport	Tours Val de Loire Airport →
hasCulturalInstitution	Grand Théâtre de Tours →
hasMuseum	Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours → Musée du Compagnonnage →
hasRailwayStation	Gare de Saint-Pierre-des-Corps → Gare de Tours →
hasSportsTeam	Tours FC → Tours Volley-Ball →
hasTramwaySystem	Tours tramway →
hasUniversity	University of Tours →
heritageDesignationNearby	Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site →
historicalEvent	Battle of Tours 732 nearby →
historicalSignificance	important religious center in the Middle Ages → seat of the Abbey of Marmoutier nearby →
isPartOf	historical province of Touraine →
isPrefectureOf	Indre-et-Loire →
isRegionalCapitalOf	Centre-Val de Loire →
isTransportHubFor	Centre-Val de Loire →
knownFor	Basilica of Saint Martin → Loire Valley châteaux nearby → Place Plumereau → Saint-Gatien Cathedral → gastronomy and Loire wines → half-timbered houses → historic role in French language standardization → medieval old town →
locatedIn	Centre-Val de Loire region → Indre-et-Loire department → Loire Valley →
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →
locatedOnRiver	Cher → Loire →
officialLanguage	French →
population	approximately 135000 inhabitants →
populationMetro	over 350000 inhabitants →
postalCode	37000 →
twinnedWith	Lucca → Mülheim an der Ruhr NERFINISHED → Segovia →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Centre-Val de Loire → Touraine →	containsCity
St Martin →	associatedWith
Life of St Martin →	associatedWithPlace
Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire →	containsTown
Loire →	flowsThrough
Communist Party of France ("Tours, France") →	foundedAt
Touraine →	historicalCapital
Centre-Val de Loire →	largestCity
Affair of the Placards →	location
Loire →	majorCityOnRiver
Victor Laloux ("Tours, France") →	placeOfBirth
St Martin →	placeOfBurial
Martin of Tours →	residence
Gare Montparnasse →	servedByDestination
Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest →	servedCity
Victor Laloux ("Tours, France") →	workLocation