Le canton de Joué-lès-Tours-Sud est un ancien canton français situé dans le département d'Indre-et-Loire et la région Centre.
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Joué-lès-Tours is a commune in the department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, central France.
It is the largest suburb of the city of Tours, and is adjacent to it on the southwest.
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On 20 December 2014, a man in Joué-lès-Tours near the city of Tours in central France entered a police station and attacked officers with a knife, shouting "Allahu Akbar" and injuring three before he was shot and killed. The attack was categorised as a case of religiously inspired terrorism by Europol, and has been reported by Europol as well as mappings by CNN and AFP as inspired by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
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The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Joué-lès-Tours, Indre-et-Loire, in central France, standing on Place François Mitterrand.
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The canton of Joué-lès-Tours is an administrative division of the Indre-et-Loire department, central France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Joué-lès-Tours.
It consists of the following communes:
Joué-lès-Tours
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The University of Tours, formerly François Rabelais University of Tours, is a public university in Tours, France. Founded in 1969, the university was formerly named after the French writer François Rabelais. It is the largest university in the Centre-Val de Loire region. As of July 2015, it is a member of the regional university association Leonardo da Vinci consolidated University.
Composition
Le canton de Joué-lès-Tours Sud se composait de la partie de la commune de Joué-lès-Tours située au sud du boulevard des Bretonnières, du boulevard Jean-Jaurès et du boulevard de Chinon.
Histoire
Le canton a été créé en 1985 en scindant en deux l'ancien canton de Joué-lès-Tours.
Démographie
Le canton de Joué-lès-Tours-Sud comptait 18 236 habitants (population légale INSEE) au 1er janvier 2007. La densité de population est de - hab./km².
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Portail de l'Indre-et-Loire et de la Touraine