Centre-Val de Loire

Centre-Val de Loire is one of the administrative regions of France. Its capital is Orléans but its largest city is Tours.

It was formed in 2014 from the territories of three historical provinces: Touraine (Indre-et-Loire), Orléanais (Loiret, Eure-et-Loir, Loir-et-Cher), and Berry (Cher, Indre).

Geography
The Centre-Val de Loire region is the seventh largest region of France with an area of 39150.9 km2. 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;
 * Bordeaux, 462 km;
 * Lyon, 466 km;
 * Marseille, 759 km;
 * Montpellier, 626 km;
 * Nice, 915 km;
 * Strasbourg, 584 km;
 * Toulouse, 555 km.

Rivers
The Centre-Val de Loire is crossed by the longest French river: the Loire, 1013 km. Some other rivers that flow through the region are:
 * Eure - 229 km.
 * Loir - 317 km.
 * Cher - 368 km.
 * Loing - 142 km.
 * Indre - 279 km.

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

The Le Magnoux (46.42861°N, 2.19833°W), at 501 m, is the highest point of the Centre-Val region. 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:

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

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

Demographics
, the Centre-Val de Loire region had a population of 2,577,435, for a population density of inhabitants/km2.

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

Related pages

 * Touraine
 * Regions of France

Other websites

 * Regional Council website
 * Prefecture of the region