Descartes, Indre-et-Loire
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Commune of Descartes |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Centre |
Department | Indre-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Loches |
Canton | Descartes |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Touraine du Sud |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 37 m–121 m |
Land area¹ | 38.08 km² |
Population² (1999) |
4,019 |
- Density | 106/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 37115/ 37160 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Descartes is a town and commune of the Indre-et-Loire département in France.
[edit] History
Initially called La Haye en Touraine, the town was the birthplace of the philosopher René Descartes (1596–1650). The town was renamed La Haye-Descartes in 1802 in his honour, and then renamed again to Descartes in 1967.