Indre-et-Loire

[an-drey-lwar]

noun

1. a department in W central France. 2,378 sq. mi. (6,160 sq. km). Tours.

Indre-et-Loire

/ ɛ̃drelwar /

noun

1. a department of W central France in the Centre region: contains many famous châteaux along the Loire. Capital: Tours. Pop: 563 062 (2003 est). Area: 6158 sq km (2402 sq miles)

Example Sentences

According to authorities in the Indre-et-Loire department in west-central France, a locally made brand of wild garlic sauce may have been contaminated with a dangerous toxin that can attack the nerves.

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“I am determined to move forward,” Mr. Attal said on Sunday after visiting farmers in the Indre-et-Loire area of central France.

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New Prime Minister Gabriel Attal visited a farm on Sunday in the central region of Indre-et-Loire.

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According to Nadia Seghier, head of the prefecture, the state authority of the Indre-et-Loire region, the ultra-light plane fell around a home near the town’s center without injuring people on the ground.

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The two heads of state will meet at Amboise in the Indre-et-Loire region to visit the Château du Clos Lucé, where Da Vinci lived from March 1516 until his death in 1519.

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