Joué-lès-Tours
Joué-lès-Tours | |
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Coordinates: 47°21′05″N 0°39′45″E / 47.3514°N 0.6625°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Indre-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Tours |
Canton | Joué-lès-Tours |
Intercommunality | Tours Métropole Val de Loire |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Frédéric Augis[1] |
Area 1 | 33.41 km2 (12.90 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 38,183 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 37122 /37300 |
Elevation | 44–96 m (144–315 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Joué-lès-Tours (French pronunciation: [ʒwe lɛ tuʁ] ⓘ, literally Joué near Tours) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.[3]
It is the largest suburb of the city of Tours, and is adjacent to it on the southwest.
Population
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] |
Toponymy
The name of Joué-lès-Tours appears in its form "Gaudiacus" in the 6th Century. It corresponds to a toponymic type frequently found in Christian Gaule, that gave different variants depending on the region: Joué (west of France), Jouy (center and north), Jouey (east), Gouy (Normandy/Picardy), Gaugeac, Jaujac (south). It is composed of the Christian name "Gaudius", meaning "fortunate", "blessed" (gaudia > joy, in Latin) and with the Gallo-Roman suffix -ACU, meaning "place of", "property of".
History
Joué-lès-Tours was the site of the 20 December 2014 Tours police station stabbing.
Controversy
In February 2010 the mayor, Philippe Le Breton, added the word laïcité underneath the French national motto on the town hall's façade.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Joué-lès-Tours, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Video on the inscription, TF1 (in French)
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