Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
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Commune of Amboise |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Tours |
| Canton | Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Tours |
| Mayor | Philippe Briand (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 45 m–101 m (avg. m) |
| Land area¹ | 13.5 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
16,100 |
| - Density | 1,193/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 37214/ 37540 |
| 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. | |
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Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire is a commune in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, located north-west of Tours, on the other side of the Loire. As of 1999 it has a population of 16,100. In 2005 the town's population was estimated at 16,421. It is the third largest city in the Tours department, behind only Tours and Joué-lès-Tours.
[edit] Sons and Daughters of the City
- Anatole France died here.
[edit] Sister cities
- Katrineholm in Sweden (24 June 1979)
- Meinerzhagen in Germany (12 April 1987)
- Newark-on-Trent in the United Kingdom (11 April 1993)
- Valls in Spain (11 April 1999)
