Mettray

Mettray
Location of Mettray
Mettray
Mettray
Coordinates: 47°27′10″N 0°38′57″E / 47.4528°N 0.6492°E / 47.4528; 0.6492
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre-et-Loire
ArrondissementTours
CantonVouvray
IntercommunalityTours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Philippe Clémot
Area
1
10.34 km2 (3.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
2,079
  Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
37152 /37390
Elevation57–100 m (187–328 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mettray (French pronunciation: [mɛtʁɛ] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. The Mettray Penal Colony was opened there in 1839.