Vouvray
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Commune of Vouvray | |
Location | |
Longitude | 00°48'00" |
Latitude | 47°24'46" |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Région | Centre |
Département | Indre-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Tours |
Canton | Vouvray |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Vouvrillon |
Mayor | Pierre Darragon (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 48 m–121 m |
Land area¹ | 22.92 km² |
Population² (1999) |
3,046 |
- Density (1999) | 132.9/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 37281/ 37210 |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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This page is about the town in France. For the wine, see Vouvray (wine).
Vouvray is a town and commune 10 km east of Tours on the north shore of the Loire River, in the Indre-et-Loire département of France. It is best known for its production of white wine, among some of the most rated in France.