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Commune of Descartes |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Loches |
| Canton | Descartes |
| Intercommunality | Touraine du Sud |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 37–121 m |
| Land area¹ | 38.08 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4019 |
| - Density | 106/km² (1999) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37115/ 37160 |
| 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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Descartes is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
History
Initially called La Haye en Touraine, the town was the birthplace of the philosopher René Descartes (1596–1650). The town was renamed La Haye-Descartes in 1802 in his honour, and then renamed again to Descartes in 1967.
See also
References
- Based on the article in the French Wikipedia.
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