Centre-Val de Loire

Centre-Val de Loire
Region
The Loire river as it passes through Orléans
Flag Coat of arms
Country	France
Prefecture	Orléans
Departments	6 Cher (18) Eure-et-Loir (28) Indre (36) Indre-et-Loire (37) Loir-et-Cher (41) Loiret (45)
Government
• President of the Regional Council	François Bonneau (PS)
Area
• Total	39,151 km2 (15,116 sq mi)
• Rank	7th
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	2,581,597
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
GDP [2]
• Total	€78.343 billion
• Per capita	€30,500
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	FR-CVL
NUTS Region	FR2
Largest city	Tours
Website	www.centre-valdeloire.fr

Centre-Val de Loire (/ˌvæl də ˈlwɑːr, ˌvɑːl-/; French pronunciation: [sɑ̃tʁ(ə) val də lwaʁ], lit. 'Centre-Loire Valley'), or simply Centre as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior of the country, encompassing six departments (Cher, Eure-et-Loir, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher and Loiret), with a population of 2,572,853 as of 2018. Its prefecture is Orléans, and its largest city is Tours.