Centre-Val de Loire

The Centre-Val de Loire region is the seventh largest region of France with an area of 39,150.9 km² (15,116 sq mi).^[3] It is in north central France and borders with 6 regions: Normandy to the northwest, Île-de-France to the north, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté to the east, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to the southeast, Nouvelle-Aquitaine to the south and Pays de la Loire to the west.

The distances from Orléans, the capital of the region, to other cities are:

• Paris, the national capital, 132 km (82 mi);
• Bordeaux, 462 km (287 mi);
• Lyon, 466 km (290 mi);
• Marseille, 759 km (472 mi);
• Montpellier, 626 km (389 mi);
• Nice, 915 km (569 mi);
• Strasbourg, 584 km (363 mi);
• Toulouse, 555 km (345 mi).

The Centre-Val de Loire is crossed by the longest French river: the Loire, 1,013 km (629 mi). Some other rivers that flow through the region are:

• Eure - 229 km (142 mi).
• Loir - 317 km (197 mi).
• Cher - 368 km (229 mi).
• Loing - 142 km (88 mi).
• Indre - 279 km (173 mi).

The territory of the Centre-Val de Loire region is formed mostly by large plains and low plateaus.

The Le Magnoux (46°25′43″N 2°11′54″E / 46.42861°N 2.19833°E / 46.42861; 2.19833), at 501 m (1,644 ft), is the highest point of the Centre-Val region.^[4] It is in northwestern Massif Central, in the southern end of the Cher department.

The highest point of the different departments in the Centre-Val de Loire region are:^[5]

The Centre-Val de Loire region is formed by 6 departments:

ISO 3166-2	Shield	Department	Prefecture	Arr.	Cant.	Comm.	Population (2014)[6]	Area (km²)	Density (Inh./km²)
FR-18		Cher	Bourges	3	19	290	310,270	7,235.0	42.9
FR-28		Eure-et-Loir	Chartres	4	15	375	433,762	5,880.0	73.8
FR-36		Indre	Châteauroux	4	13	243	226,175	6,790.6	33.3
FR-37		Indre-et-Loire	Tours	3	19	273	603,924	6126.7	98.6
FR-41		Loir-et-Cher	Blois	3	15	276	333,567	6,343.4	52.6
FR-45		Loiret	Orléans	3	21	326	669,737	6,775.2	98.9
Total of the Region				20	102	1,783	2,577,435	39,150.9	65.8

Arr. = Arrondissements          Cant. = Cantons          Comm. = Communes

As of 1 January 2014^[update], the Centre-Val de Loire region had a population of 2,577,435,^[7] for a population density of 65.8 inhabitants/km².

The main cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants (2014) in the region are:

• 
  Castle of Tours.
• 
  Saint-Etienne cathedral, Bourges.
• 
  Blois City hall.
• 
  Musée Hôtel Bertrand, Châteauroux.

• Touraine
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Centre-Val de Loire.

• Regional Council website Archived 2016-01-09 at the Portuguese Web Archive (in French)
• Prefecture of the region (in French)

47°30′N 1°45′E / 47.500°N 1.750°E / 47.500; 1.750