Tours

Wilson bridge in Tours over the Loire River

coat of arms

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