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Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France
Joué-lès-Tours
Commune
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Location of Joué-lès-Tours
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Coordinates: 47°21′05″N 0°39′45″E / 47.3514°N 0.6625°E / 47.3514; 0.6625
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre-et-Loire
ArrondissementTours
CantonJoué-lès-Tours
IntercommunalityTours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Frédéric Augis
Area33.41 km (12.90 sq mi)
Population38,432
 • Density1,200/km (3,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Jocondien, Jocondienne
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code37122 /37300
Elevation44–96 m (144–315 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Joué-lès-Tours (French pronunciation: [ʒwe lɛ tuʁ] , literally Joué near Tours) is a commune in the department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, central France.

It is the largest suburb of the city of Tours, and is adjacent to it on the southwest.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,515—    
1800 1,777+2.30%
1806 1,671−1.02%
1821 1,700+0.11%
1831 1,776+0.44%
1836 1,769−0.08%
1841 1,791+0.25%
1846 1,780−0.12%
1851 1,802+0.25%
1856 1,845+0.47%
1861 2,010+1.73%
1866 2,043+0.33%
1872 2,106+0.51%
1876 2,302+2.25%
1881 2,381+0.68%
1886 2,470+0.74%
1891 2,538+0.54%
1896 2,462−0.61%
1901 2,466+0.03%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 2,595+1.02%
1911 2,730+1.02%
1921 3,143+1.42%
1926 3,440+1.82%
1931 4,163+3.89%
1936 4,704+2.47%
1946 5,684+1.91%
1954 6,446+1.58%
1962 9,074+4.37%
1968 17,826+11.91%
1975 27,450+6.36%
1982 34,704+3.41%
1990 36,798+0.74%
1999 36,517−0.09%
2007 35,836−0.24%
2012 37,196+0.75%
2017 37,893+0.37%
2020 38,750+0.75%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Toponymy

The name of Joué-lès-Tours appears in its form "Gaudiacus" in the 6th Century. It corresponds to a toponymic type frequently found in Christian Gaule, that gave different variants depending on the region: Joué (west of France), Jouy (center and north), Jouey (east), Gouy (Normandy/Picardy), Gaugeac, Jaujac (south). It is composed of the Christian name "Gaudius", meaning "fortunate", "blessed" (gaudia > joy, in Latin) and with the Gallo-Roman suffix -ACU, meaning "place of", "property of".

History

Joué-lès-Tours was the site of the 20 December 2014 Tours police station stabbing.

Controversy

In February 2010 the mayor, Philippe Le Breton, added the word laïcité underneath the French national motto on the town hall's façade.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. INSEE commune file
  4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Joué-lès-Tours, EHESS (in French).
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. Video on the inscription, TF1 (in French)

External links

Communes of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site UNESCO
Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department


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