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Centre-Val de Loire

This article is about an administrative region of France. For other similarly named regions, see Central Region (disambiguation).
Centre-Val de Loire
Region
The Loire river as it passes through Orléans
The Loire river as it passes through Orléans
Flag of Centre-Val de Loire
Flag
Coat of arms of Centre-Val de Loire
Coat of arms
Country France
PrefectureOrléans
Departments
6
Government
 • President of the Regional CouncilFrançois Bonneau (PS)
Area
 • Total
39,151 km2 (15,116 sq mi)
 • Rank7th
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
2,573,303
 • Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)
GDP
[2]
 • Total€78.343 billion
 • Per capita€30,500
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeFR-CVL
NUTS RegionFR2
Largest cityTours
Websitewww.centre-valdeloire.fr

Centre-Val de Loire (/ˌvæl də ˈlwɑːr, ˌvɑːl-/; French pronunciation: [sɑ̃tʁə val də lwaʁ],[Notes 1] lit. 'Centre-Loire Valley') or Centre Region (French: région Centre, [ʁeʒjɔ̃ sɑ̃tʁ]), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior of the country, with a population of 2,572,853 as of 2018. Its prefecture is Orléans, and its largest city is Tours.

  1. ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.


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