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The arrondissement of Loches is an arrondissement of France in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 112 communes. Its population is 118,282 (2016), and its area is 2,742.5 km 2 (1,058.9 sq mi). Composition. The communes of the arrondissement of Loches, and their INSEE codes, are:
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When the Indre-et-Loire department was created on 1800, the arrondissementof Loches was part of that original department. In 1926, the arrondissement of Loches was eliminated but in 1943 it was made again an arrondissementof the Indre-et-Loire department.
The arrondissement of Loches is the southeast of the Indre-et-Loire department. It is bordered to the north by the Tours arrondissement, to the northeast by the Loir-et-Cher department, to the east and southeast by the Indre department, to the southwest by the Vienne department and to the west by the Chinon arrondissement The arrondissement of Loch...
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements. There are only 2 cantons in the arrondissementof Loches: 1. Descartes (3706) 2. Loches (3709)
Communes
The arrondissement of Loches has 113 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissementare:
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The arrondissement of Loches is an arrondissement of France in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 112 communes.[2] Its population is 118,282 , and its area is 2,742.5 km2 .[3]
Loches (French pronunciation: ⓘ; / l oʊ ʃ /) is a commune in the department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is situated 42 kilometres (26 mi) southeast of Tours by road, on the left bank of the river Indre.
Arrondissement of Tours, (prefecture of the Indre-et-Loire department: Tours) with 54 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 384,117 in 2016. History. In 1800 the arrondissements of Tours, Chinon and Loches were established. The arrondissement of Loches was disbanded in 1926, and restored in 1943.
Agnès Sorel, the “Lady of Beauty” at Loches. By The Royal City of Loches. Cité royale de Loches. Agnès Sorel was the first official favorite of a king of France and still remains one of the most emblematic women of the late Middle Ages. She left her mark on the royal castle of Loches.
UTC+02:00 ( CEST) INSEE /Postal code. 37132 /37600. Elevation. 64–147 m (210–482 ft) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Loches is a commune. It is in Centre-Val de Loire in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France .
