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Descartes
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commune in Indre-et-Loire, France
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Descartes is a commune in France, situated within the Indre-et-Loire department and the arrondissement of Loches. It serves as the capital of the canton of Descartes and is named after René Descartes. The municipality has an official name of Descartes, La Haye-Descartes, and is located in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its postal code is 37160.
The area of the commune is 38.08 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 121 meters. It shares borders with Abilly, La Celle-Saint-Avant, Civray-sur-Esves, and Cussay, and is located next to the body of water known as the Creuse. The population is recorded as 4,446, comprising 1,656 males and 1,833 females. Another source lists the population as 3,872.
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Place details
- Locality
- Descartes
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,872
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Department
- Indre-et-Loire
- Arrondissement
- Loches
- Canton
- Descartes
- Intercommunality
- CC Loches Sud Touraine
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Bruno Méreau
- Area
- 38.08 km (14.70 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 3,369
- Density
- 88.47/km (229.1/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Descartois
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 37115 /37160
- Elevation
- 37–121 m (121–397 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Named after
- René Descartes
- Official name
- La Haye-Descartes
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Loches
- Population
- 3369
- Area
- 38.08
- Elevation
- 85
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Creuse
- Shares border with
- Port-de-Piles
- Official website
- www.ville-descartes.fr
- Image
- Hôtel de Ville LA HAYE-DESCARTES - Jean-Charles GUILLO.jpg
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- Commons category
- Descartes (Indre-et-Loire)
- topic's main category
- Category:Descartes (Indre-et-Loire)
- postal code
- 37160
- associated electoral district
- canton of Descartes
- male population
- 1656
- female population
- 1833
- P8168
- Adhur Hordmizd
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-47-91-42-00
- fax number
- +33-2-47-59-72-20
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Encyclopedic overview
Descartes ( French pronunciation: [dekaʁt] ) is a large village and commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is approximately 29 kilometres east of Richelieu and about 48 kilometres east of Loudun, on the banks of the river Creuse, on the border with the Vienne department, which is also the regional border between Centre-Val de Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
It is famous as the birthplace of the French mathematician and philosopher who invented the Cartesian coordinate system, René Descartes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Descartes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.