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Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire

Coordinates: 47°23′56″N 0°40′02″E / 47.399015°N 0.667328°E / 47.399015; 0.667328
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Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Commune
Church of Sainte Julitte
Church of Sainte Julitte
Coat of arms of Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
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Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire is located in France
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Coordinates: 47°23′56″N 0°40′02″E / 47.399015°N 0.667328°E / 47.399015; 0.667328
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre-et-Loire
ArrondissementTours
CantonSaint-Cyr-sur-Loire
IntercommunalityTours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Briand[1]
Area
1
13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
17,004
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
37214 /37540
Elevation45–101 m (148–331 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ siʁ syʁ lwaʁ] ⓘ, literally Saint-Cyr on Loire) is a commune in the department of Indre-et-Loire in central France.[3]

It is located northwest of Tours on the other side of the Loire. It is the third largest city in the Indre-et-Loire department, behind Tours and Joué-lès-Tours.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,500—    
1800 1,295−2.08%
1806 1,118−2.42%
1821 1,329+1.16%
1831 1,434+0.76%
1836 1,484+0.69%
1841 1,620+1.77%
1846 1,862+2.82%
1851 1,848−0.15%
1856 2,113+2.72%
1861 1,883−2.28%
1866 1,984+1.05%
1872 1,933−0.43%
1876 2,220+3.52%
1881 2,384+1.44%
1886 2,436+0.43%
1891 2,419−0.14%
1896 2,539+0.97%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 2,648+0.84%
1906 2,699+0.38%
1911 2,740+0.30%
1921 2,939+0.70%
1926 3,114+1.16%
1931 3,593+2.90%
1936 4,418+4.22%
1946 5,652+2.49%
1954 6,974+2.66%
1962 9,547+4.00%
1968 11,211+2.71%
1975 12,478+1.54%
1982 14,413+2.08%
1990 15,161+0.63%
1999 16,100+0.67%
2007 15,975−0.10%
2012 16,133+0.20%
2017 15,960−0.22%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Education

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Lycée Konan

The commune has:

  • Five public and private preschools (écoles maternelles) with a combined total of 500 students: Jean Moulin, Honoré de Balzac-Anatole France, Charles Perrault, Périgourd, and Saint-Joseph (private)[6]
  • Four public elementary schools with a combined total of about 700 students: République, Roland Engerand, Honoré de Balzac – Anatole France, and Périgourd; and 140 students at the Saint-Joseph private elementary[6]
  • Two junior high schools (collèges) with a combined total of 700 students: Henri Bergson and Béchéllerie[7]

Two senior high schools/sixth-form colleges in Tours, Lycée Choiseul and Lycée Jacques de Vaucanson, serve students in this commune.[7]

The Lycée Konan de Touraine-France, a private Japanese international school,[8] operated in the commune from 1991 to 2013.[9]

The École Japonaise Compleméntaire en Touraine (トゥレーヌ補習授業校 Tūrēnu Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a part-time Japanese supplementary school, is held in the École Republique in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire.[10]

International relations

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire is twinned with:

Personalities

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ a b "Ecoles." Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "L’enseignement du second degré." Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
  8. ^ Home page. Lycée Konan de Touraine-France. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "57–63 Rue de la Gaudiniere 37540 Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France"
  9. ^ Denis, Pascal. "Lycée Konan : la fin d'un " rêve "." La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest. 25 October 2012. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. Archived January 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "欧州の補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）" (Archive). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Retrieved on May 10, 2014. "c/o École Republique 64 Avenue Republique 37540 St. Cyr sur Loire FRANCE"
  11. ^ "Home". newarktwinning.co.uk. 2009. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  12. ^ Anatole France, The Nobel Prize
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