Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ siʁ syʁ lwaʁ] , literally Saint-Cyr on Loire) is a commune in the department of Indre-et-Loire in central France.

It is located northwest of Tours on the other side of the Loire. It is the third largest city in the Indre-et-Loire department, behind Tours and Joué-lès-Tours.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,500 —     1800 1,295 −2.08% 1806 1,118 −2.42% 1821 1,329 +1.16% 1831 1,434 +0.76% 1836 1,484 +0.69% 1841 1,620 +1.77% 1846 1,862 +2.82% 1851 1,848 −0.15% 1856 2,113 +2.72% 1861 1,883 −2.28% 1866 1,984 +1.05% 1872 1,933 −0.43% 1876 2,220 +3.52% 1881 2,384 +1.44% 1886 2,436 +0.43% 1891 2,419 −0.14% 1896 2,539 +0.97%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,648 +0.84% 1906 2,699 +0.38% 1911 2,740 +0.30% 1921 2,939 +0.70% 1926 3,114 +1.16% 1931 3,593 +2.90% 1936 4,418 +4.22% 1946 5,652 +2.49% 1954 6,974 +2.66% 1962 9,547 +4.00% 1968 11,211 +2.71% 1975 12,478 +1.54% 1982 14,413 +2.08% 1990 15,161 +0.63% 1999 16,100 +0.67% 2007 15,975 −0.10% 2012 16,133 +0.20% 2017 15,960 −0.22%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Education

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The commune has:

• Five public and private preschools (écoles maternelles) with a combined total of 500 students: Jean Moulin, Honoré de Balzac-Anatole France, Charles Perrault, Périgourd, and Saint-Joseph (private)
• Four public elementary schools with a combined total of about 700 students: République, Roland Engerand, Honoré de Balzac – Anatole France, and Périgourd; and 140 students at the Saint-Joseph private elementary
• Two junior high schools (collèges) with a combined total of 700 students: Henri Bergson and Béchéllerie

Two senior high schools/sixth-form colleges in Tours, Lycée Choiseul and Lycée Jacques de Vaucanson, serve students in this commune.

The Lycée Konan de Touraine-France, a private Japanese international school, operated in the commune from 1991 to 2013.

The École Japonaise Compleméntaire en Touraine (トゥレーヌ補習授業校 Tūrēnu Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a part-time Japanese supplementary school, is held in the École Republique in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire.

International relations

Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire is twinned with:

Katrineholm, Sweden, since 24 June 1979 Meinerzhagen, Germany, since 12 April 1987 Newark-on-Trent, United Kingdom, since 11 April 1993

Valls, Spain, since 11 April 1999 Ptuj, Slovenia, 1999 Morphou, Cyprus, since 19 October 2002

Personalities

• Anatole France died here.

See also

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department