Toury

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2024–2026) Laurent Leclercq^[1]Area18.72 km² (7.23 sq mi)Population2,600 • Density140/km² (360/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation125–137 m (410–449 ft)
(avg. 134 m or 440 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Toury (French pronunciation: [tuʁi]) is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. Toury station has rail connections to Orléans, Étampes and Paris.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,243	—
1975	2,495	+1.53%
1982	2,493	−0.01%
1990	2,640	+0.72%
1999	2,666	+0.11%
2007	2,595	−0.34%
2012	2,670	+0.57%
2017	2,573	−0.74%
Source: INSEE[3]

History

On 31 October 1908 Louis Blériot succeeded in making a cross-country flight, making a round trip from Toury to Artenay and back, a total distance of 28 km (17 mi). This was not the first cross-country flight by a narrow margin, since Henri Farman had flown from Bouy to Rheims, the preceding day.

See also

• Communes of the Eure-et-Loir department

References