Tours

Summary

Tours is a commune of France^[1]. Tours ranks in the top 0.15% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (684 views/month, #48 of 31,031).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tours is located in Indre-et-Loire^[3].
• Tours is located in canton of Tours-Centre^[4].
• Tours is located in canton of Tours-Est^[5].
• Tours is located in canton of Tours-Nord-Est^[6].
• Tours is located in canton of Tours-Nord-Ouest^[7].
• Tours is located in canton of Tours-Ouest^[8].
• Tours is in the country of France^[9].
• Tours is on the body of water Loire^[10].
• Tours is on the body of water Cher^[11].
• Tours's head of government is recorded as Emmanuel Denis^[12].
• Tours's image is recorded as Morning in September in Tours 18.jpg^[13].
• Tours's instance of is recorded as commune of France^[14].
• Tours's instance of is recorded as big city^[15].
• Tours's flag image is recorded as Flag of Tours.gif^[16].
• Tours's shares border with is recorded as Chambray-lès-Tours^[17].
• Tours's shares border with is recorded as Joué-lès-Tours^[18].
• Tours's shares border with is recorded as Mettray^[19].
• Tours's shares border with is recorded as Notre-Dame-d'Oé^[20].
• Tours's shares border with is recorded as Parçay-Meslay^[21].
• Tours's shares border with is recorded as La Riche^[22].
• Tours's shares border with is recorded as Rochecorbon^[23].
• Tours's shares border with is recorded as Saint-Avertin^[24].
• Tours's shares border with is recorded as Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire^[25].
• Tours's shares border with is recorded as Saint-Pierre-des-Corps^[26].
• Tours's coat of arms image is recorded as Blason tours 37.svg^[27].

Body

Operations

Tours's child organization or unit is recorded as Q113238489^[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Tours include livre tournois^[29], a currency^[30], in Kingdom of France^[31]; Turonian^[32], a stage^[33]; Tours Val de Loire Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in France^[36]; and Tournois^[37], a coin type^[38], in Kingdom of France^[39].

Why It Matters

Tours ranks in the top 0.15% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (684 views/month, #48 of 31,031).^[2] Tours has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Tours is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for Tours include livre tournois^[29], a currency^[30], in Kingdom of France^[31]; Turonian^[32], a stage^[33]; Tours Val de Loire Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in France^[36]; and Tournois^[37], a coin type^[38], in Kingdom of France^[39].