Arrondissement of Tours


The arrondissement of Tours is an arrondissement of France in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 54 communes. Its population is 384,117, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Tours, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Artannes-sur-Indre
  2. Azay-le-Rideau
  3. Azay-sur-Cher
  4. Ballan-Miré
  5. Berthenay
  6. Bréhémont
  7. Chambray-lès-Tours
  8. Chançay
  9. Chanceaux-sur-Choisille
  10. La Chapelle-aux-Naux
  11. Cheillé
  12. Druye
  13. Esvres
  14. Fondettes
  15. Joué-lès-Tours
  16. Larçay
  17. Lignières-de-Touraine
  18. Luynes
  19. La Membrolle-sur-Choisille
  20. Mettray
  21. Monnaie
  22. Montbazon
  23. Montlouis-sur-Loire
  24. Monts
  25. Notre-Dame-d'Oé
  26. Parçay-Meslay
  27. Pont-de-Ruan
  28. Reugny
  29. La Riche
  30. Rigny-Ussé
  31. Rivarennes
  32. Rochecorbon
  33. Saché
  34. Saint-Avertin
  35. Saint-Branchs
  36. Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
  37. Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois
  38. Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny
  39. Saint-Genouph
  40. Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
  41. Savonnières
  42. Sorigny
  43. Thilouze
  44. Tours
  45. Truyes
  46. Vallères
  47. Veigné
  48. Véretz
  49. Vernou-sur-Brenne
  50. Villaines-les-Rochers
  51. Villandry
  52. La Ville-aux-Dames
  53. Villeperdue
  54. Vouvray

    History

The arrondissement of Tours was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Indre-et-Loire, it gained 12 communes from the arrondissement of Chinon, and it lost 34 communes to the arrondissement of Chinon and 46 communes to the arrondissement of Loches.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Tours were, as of January 2015:
  1. Amboise
  2. Ballan-Miré
  3. Bléré
  4. Chambray-lès-Tours
  5. Château-la-Vallière
  6. Château-Renault
  7. Joué-lès-Tours-Nord
  8. Joué-lès-Tours-Sud
  9. Luynes
  10. Montbazon
  11. Montlouis-sur-Loire
  12. Neuillé-Pont-Pierre
  13. Neuvy-le-Roi
  14. Saint-Avertin
  15. Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
  16. Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
  17. Tours-Centre
  18. Tours-Est
  19. Tours-Nord-Est
  20. Tours-Nord-Ouest
  21. Tours-Ouest
  22. Tours-Sud
  23. Tours-Val-du-Cher
  24. Vouvray