Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire

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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]

Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Church of Sainte Julitte
Church of Sainte Julitte
Coat of arms of Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
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
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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.

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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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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