place
Tours
Also known as Caesarodunum Turonum
undated
47.3928, 0.6883 · Wikidata Q288 P625 (accessed 2026-11-12) · On the map
Gallic city of Martin's bishopric and shrine, later Gregory's see.
Wikipedia extract
Tours is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 138,668 inhabitants as of 2022 while the population of the whole metropolitan area was 526,370.
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- Tours · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q288 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
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Related
- Martin of Tours · person
- Gregory of Tours · person
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