| LC control no. | n 80117452 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Tours (France) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | France--Tours |
| Variant(s) | Turonum (France) Augusta Turonum (France) Caesarodunum (France) Caesarodunum Turonum (France) Martinopolis (France) Thoronus (France) Thuro (France) Thuronum (France) Torenorum Civitas (France) Toronus (France) Turenorum Civitas (France) Turonensium Civitas (France) Turones (France) Turonia (France) Turonica Civitas (France) Turonium (France) Turonorum Civitas (France) Civitas Turonum (France) Ville de Tours (France) Tours (Indre-et-Loire, France) |
| Associated country | France |
| Associated place | Indre-et-Loire (France) Centre (France) Touraine (France) Centre-Val de Loire (France) |
| Special note | Old catalog heading: Tours |
| Found in | Orbis Latinus, 1992: III:529 (Turonum, Augusta Turonum, Caesarodunum, Caesarodunum Turonum, Martinopolis, Thoronus, Thuro, Thuronum, Torenorum civ., Toronensis, Toronus, Turenorum civ., Turonensis, Turonensium civ., Turones, Turonia, Turonica civ., Turonium, Turonorum civ.: Tours, Hst. d. Dép. Indre-et-Loire, Frankreich.) GEOnet, 20 July 2016 (Tours; geopolitical entity name: France; first-order administrative division name: Centre-Val de Loire; 47° 23ʹ 41ʺ N, 000° 42ʹ 14ʺ E; 47.394836 [N], .703977 [E]; populated place; lists another populated place [not yet in LC/NACO file as of 21 July 2016] with the same approved name, Tours, and without a variant name, in Région Rhône-Alpes) Ville de Tours official Web site, 20 July 2016: main page (Ville de Tours; Tours) Wikipedia, 20 July 2016: Tours (Tours; a city located in the centre-west of France; the administrative centre of the Indre-et-Loire department and the largest city in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France (although it is not the capital); stands on the lower reaches of the River Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast; the surrounding district: the traditional province of Touraine; original Gallic name: Turones; becoming part of the Roman Empire during the 1st century AD, the city was named Caesarodunum ("hill of Caesar"); the name evolved in the 4th century to Civitas Turonum then Tours) Wikipedia, 18 March 2016: Centre-Val de Loire (on 17 January 2015, in the wake of the proposed reorganization of French regions, the official name of the region of Centre was changed to "Centre-Val de Loire"; Centre-Loire Valley region (France)) |
| Geographic area code | e-fr--- |
| Associated language | fre |
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