Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire | |
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| Country | France |
| Prefecture | Orléans |
| Departments | 6
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| Government | |
| • President of the Regional Council | François Bonneau (PS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 39,151 km2 (15,116 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 7th |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 2,581,597 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €78.343 billion |
| • Per capita | €30,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-CVL |
| NUTS Region | FR2 |
| Largest city | Tours |
| Website | www |
Centre-Val de Loire (/ˌvæl də ˈlwɑːr, ˌvɑːl-/; French pronunciation: [sɑ̃tʁ(ə) val də lwaʁ], lit. 'Centre-Loire Valley'), or simply Centre 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, encompassing six departments (Cher, Eure-et-Loir, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher and Loiret), with a population of 2,572,853 as of 2018. Its prefecture is Orléans, and its largest city is Tours.