Toury
Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France
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Toury (French pronunciation: [tuʁi]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. Toury station has rail connections to Orléans, Étampes and Paris.
Toury | |
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Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Toury | |
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| Coordinates: 48°11′41″N 1°56′11″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Eure-et-Loir |
| Arrondissement | Chartres |
| Canton | Les Villages Vovéens |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2026) | Laurent Leclercq[1] |
Area 1 | 18.72 km2 (7.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,640 |
| • Density | 141/km2 (365/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 28391 /28310 |
| Elevation | 125–137 m (410–449 ft) (avg. 134 m or 440 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2,243 | — |
| 1975 | 2,495 | +1.53% |
| 1982 | 2,493 | −0.01% |
| 1990 | 2,640 | +0.72% |
| 1999 | 2,666 | +0.11% |
| 2007 | 2,595 | −0.34% |
| 2012 | 2,670 | +0.57% |
| 2017 | 2,573 | −0.74% |
| 2023 | 2,640 | +0.43% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
History
On 31 October 1908 Louis Blériot succeeded in making a cross-country flight, making a round trip from Toury to Artenay and back, a total distance of 28 km (17 mi). This was not the first cross-country flight by a narrow margin, since Henri Farman had flown from Bouy to Rheims, the preceding day.
