Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France
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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]
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Church of Sainte Julitte | |
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| Coordinates: 47°23′56″N 0°40′02″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Tours |
| Canton | Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire |
| Intercommunality | Tours Métropole Val de Loire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Briand[1] |
Area 1 | 13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 17,029 |
| • Density | 1,260/km2 (3,270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37214 /37540 |
| Elevation | 45–101 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. | |
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.
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Education
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
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire is twinned with:
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Personalities
- Anatole France died here.[12]
