Joué-lès-Tours
Joué-lès-Tours | |
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![]() The church in Joué-lès-Tours | |
Coordinates: 47°21′05″N 0°39′45″E / 47.3514°N 0.6625°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Indre-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Tours |
Canton | Joué-lès-Tours |
Intercommunality | Tours Métropole Val de Loire |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Frédéric Augis[1] |
Area 1 | 33.41 km2 (12.90 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 38,183 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Jocondien, Jocondienne |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 37122 /37300 |
Elevation | 44–96 m (144–315 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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.[3]
It is the largest suburb of the city of Tours, and is adjacent to it on the southwest.
Population[edit]
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] |
Toponymy[edit]
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[edit]
Joué-lès-Tours was the site of the 20 December 2014 Tours police station stabbing.
Controversy[edit]
In February 2010 the mayor, Philippe Le Breton, added the word laïcité underneath the French national motto on the town hall's façade.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Joué-lès-Tours, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Video on the inscription, TF1 (in French)
External links[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Official website (in French)