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Tours


00:00:55 1 History
00:02:00 1.1 Middle Ages
00:04:53 1.2 16th–18th centuries
00:05:49 1.3 19th–20th centuries
00:06:28 1.3.1 First World War
00:07:35 1.3.2 Inter-war years
00:07:51 1.3.3 Second World War
00:08:58 1.3.4 Post-war developments
00:11:38 2 Climate
00:12:04 3 Sights
00:12:13 3.1 Tours Cathedral
00:13:24 3.2 Other points of interest
00:13:51 4 Language
00:15:35 5 City
00:17:22 6 Transport
00:19:02 7 Sport
00:19:24 8 Catholics from Tours
00:21:01 9 Notable natives and residents
00:21:11 9.1 11th-18th century
00:22:21 9.2 19th century
00:23:22 9.3 20th century
00:25:14 10 International relations
00:26:04 11 See also



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SUMMARY
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Tours (French pronunciation: ​[tuʁ]) is a city in the centre-west of France. It is the administrative centre of the Indre-et-Loire department and the largest city in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France (although it is not the capital, which is the region's second-largest city, Orléans). In 2012, the city of Tours had 134,978 inhabitants, and the population of the whole metropolitan area was 483,744.
Tours stands on the lower reaches of the Loire river, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. The surrounding district, the traditional province of Touraine, is known for its wines, for the alleged perfection (as perceived by some speakers and for historical reasons) of its local spoken French, and for the Battle of Tours (732). The city is also the end-point of the annual Paris–Tours cycle race.