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.

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Label Occurrences
Tours canonical 99
Tours, France 5
Tours metropolitan area 4

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 between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire is a UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Centre-Val de Loire region

Indre-et-Loire department ⓘ
Loire Valley vineyards ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Segovia ⓘ

Referenced by (109)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gare Montparnasse → servedByDestination → Tours ⓘ
Loire → flowsThrough → Tours ⓘ
Loire → majorCityOnRiver → Tours ⓘ
St Martin → placeOfBurial → Tours ⓘ
St Martin → associatedWith → Tours ⓘ
Touraine → historicalCapital → Tours ⓘ
Touraine → containsCity → Tours ⓘ
Affair of the Placards → location → Tours ⓘ
Communist Party of France → foundedAt → Tours ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tours, France
Centre-Val de Loire → largestCity → Tours ⓘ
Centre-Val de Loire → containsCity → Tours ⓘ
Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest → servedCity → Tours ⓘ
Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire is a UNESCO World Heritage Site → containsTown → Tours ⓘ
subject surface form: Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Martin of Tours → residence → Tours ⓘ
hagiography "Life of St Martin" by Sulpicius Severus → associatedWithPlace → Tours ⓘ
subject surface form: Life of St Martin
Victor Laloux → placeOfBirth → Tours ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tours, France
Victor Laloux → workLocation → Tours ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tours, France
Frederick of Naples → deathPlace → Tours ⓘ
Saint Martin → placeOfActivity → Tours ⓘ
Indre-et-Loire department → prefecture → Tours ⓘ
subject surface form: Indre-et-Loire
Amboise → locatedNear → Tours ⓘ
Garden of France → includesCity → Tours ⓘ
Indre-et-Loire → capital → Tours ⓘ
Indre-et-Loire → prefecture → Tours ⓘ
Indre-et-Loire → containsCity → Tours ⓘ
Château d’Amboise → nearestCity → Tours ⓘ
Montlouis-sur-Loire, France → locatedNear → Tours ⓘ
subject surface form: Montlouis-sur-Loire
Cher River → flowsThrough → Tours ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tours metropolitan area
Château d’Azay-le-Rideau → locatedNear → Tours ⓘ
Senator of Indre-et-Loire → hasCapitalOfRepresentedArea → Tours ⓘ
Margaret of Scotland, Dauphine of France → marriagePlace → Tours ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tours, France
Tourangeau → associatedWith → Tours ⓘ
Tourangelle → associatedCity → Tours ⓘ
Tourangelle → etymologicalRoot → Tours ⓘ
Tourangelle → capitalOfAssociatedRegion → Tours ⓘ
Basilica of Saint Martin → locatedIn → Tours ⓘ
Place Plumereau → locatedIn → Tours ⓘ
Gare de Saint-Pierre-des-Corps → locatedIn → Tours ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tours metropolitan area
Gare de Saint-Pierre-des-Corps → serves → Tours ⓘ
Tours Val de Loire Airport → serves → Tours ⓘ
Tours Val de Loire Airport → locatedIn → Tours ⓘ
Tours tramway → serves → Tours ⓘ
Tours tramway → locatedIn → Tours ⓘ
Tours tramway → servesPopulation → Tours ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tours metropolitan area
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours → locatedIn → Tours ⓘ
Musée du Compagnonnage → locatedIn → Tours ⓘ
Tours FC → basedIn → Tours ⓘ
Tours FC → homeCity → Tours ⓘ
Tours FC → homeStadiumCity → Tours ⓘ
Tours FC → hasFanBaseIn → Tours ⓘ