Saint Cyr sur Loire

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Country France Department Indre-et-Loire Intercommunality Tours Area 13.5 km² Arrondissement Tours		Region Centre-Val de Loire Canton Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire Population (2009) 15,930 Local time Tuesday 6:40 PM

Weather 18°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 54% Humidity

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Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire is a commune in the department of Indre-et-Loire in central France.

Map of Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France

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 only Tours and Joué-lès-Tours.

Personalities

Anatole France died here.

Education

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)

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

Two junior high schools (collèges) with a combined total of 700 students: Henri Bergson and Béchéllerie

Two senior high schools/sixth-form colleges in Tours, Lycée Choiseul and Lycée Jacques de Vaucanson, serve students in this commune.

The Lycée Konan de Touraine-France, a private Japanese international school, operated in the commune from 1991 to 2013.

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.

Twin towns — Sister cities

Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire is twinned with:

References

Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire Wikipedia

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