Joué-lès-Tours

Joué-lès-Tours (French pronunciation: ​[ʒwelɛtuʁ]) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

This article is about the commune. For the football club, see Joué-lès-Tours FCT.
Joué-lès-Tours
Commune
The church in Joué-lès-Tours
Coat of arms
Location of Joué-lès-Tours
Joué-lès-Tours
Joué-lès-Tours
Coordinates: 47°21′05″N 0°39′45″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre-et-Loire
ArrondissementTours
CantonJoué-lès-Tours
IntercommunalityTours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Frédéric Augis[1]
Area
1
33.41 km2 (12.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
37,893
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
37122 /37300
Elevation44–96 m (144–315 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is the largest suburb of the city of Tours, and is adjacent to it on the southwest.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
17931,515—    
18001,777+17.3%
18061,671−6.0%
18211,700+1.7%
18311,776+4.5%
18361,769−0.4%
18411,791+1.2%
18461,780−0.6%
18511,802+1.2%
18561,845+2.4%
18612,010+8.9%
18662,043+1.6%
18722,106+3.1%
18762,302+9.3%
18812,381+3.4%
18862,470+3.7%
18912,538+2.8%
18962,462−3.0%
YearPop.±%
19012,466+0.2%
19062,595+5.2%
19112,730+5.2%
19213,143+15.1%
19263,440+9.4%
19314,163+21.0%
19364,704+13.0%
19465,684+20.8%
19546,446+13.4%
19629,074+40.8%
196817,826+96.5%
197527,450+54.0%
198234,704+26.4%
199036,798+6.0%
199936,517−0.8%
200636,233−0.8%
200936,000−0.6%

Toponymy

The name of Joué-lès-Tours appears in its form "Gaudiacus" in the 6th Century. It corresponds to a toponymic type frequently found in Christian Gaule, that gave different variants depending on the region: Joué (west of France), Jouy (center and north), Jouey (east), Gouy (Normandy/Picardy), Gaugeac, Jaujac (south). It is composed of the Christian name "Gaudius", meaning "fortunate", "blessed" (gaudia > joy, in Latin) and with the Gallo-Roman suffix -ACU, meaning "place of", "property of".

History

Joué-lès-Tours was the site of the 20 December 2014 Tours police station stabbing.

Controversy

In February 2010 the mayor, Philippe Le Breton, added the word laïcité underneath the French national motto on the town hall's façade. The Muslim community of Joué-lès-Tours felt they were being "caricatured".

See also

References
  1. https://www.jouelestours.fr/joue-citoyen/organigramme-mairie/
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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