| Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire | ||
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Church of Sainte Julitte
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| Coordinates: 47°23′56″N 0°40′02″E / 47.399015°N 0.667328°ECoordinates: 47°23′56″N 0°40′02″E / 47.399015°N 0.667328°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Tours | |
| Canton | Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire | |
| Intercommunality | Tours | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Philippe Briand | |
| Area1 | 13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 15,930 | |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37214 / 37540 | |
| Elevation | 45–101 m (148–331 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.
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire is a commune in the department of Indre-et-Loire in central 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.
The commune has:
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.
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire is twinned with: