| Monts | ||
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| Coordinates: 47°16′41″N 0°37′31″E / 47.2781°N 0.6253°ECoordinates: 47°16′41″N 0°37′31″E / 47.2781°N 0.6253°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Tours | |
| Canton | Monts | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jacques Durand | |
| Area1 | 27.28 km2 (10.53 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 6,895 | |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37159 /37260 | |
| Elevation | 47–99 m (154–325 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Monts is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
It was here at the Château de Candé on 3 June 1937 that The Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, married the twice-divorced Wallis Warfield Simpson for whom he had abdicated the throne of Britain and the Empire.