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Tours (France)


  • URI(s)

  • Codes

    • e-fr---
  • Variants

    • 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)
  • Identifies LC/NAF RWO

  • Identifies RWO

    • Descriptor

        Cities and towns
    • Associated Locale

        France
    • Associated Locale

        Centre-Val de Loire (France)
    • Associated Language

        French
    • Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

    • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

    • Broader Concepts from Other Schemes

    • Sources

      • found: 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.)
      • found: 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)
      • found: Ville de Tours official Web site, 20 July 2016:main page (Ville de Tours; Tours)
      • found: 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)
      • found: 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))
    • Editorial Notes

      • [Old catalog heading: Tours]
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    • Change Notes

      • 1980-09-15: new
      • 2016-07-22: revised
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