Descartes, Indre-et-Loire

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Coordinates: 46°58′28″N 0°41′55″E / 46.9744444444, 0.698611111111

Commune of Descartes
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Loches
Canton	Descartes
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Touraine du Sud
Statistics
Elevation	37 m–121 m
Land area¹	38.08 km²
Population² (1999)	4,019
- Density	106/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	37115/ 37160
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Descartes is a town and commune of the Indre-et-Loire département in France.

[edit] History

Initially called La Haye en Touraine, the town was the birthplace of the philosopher René Descartes (1596–1650). The town was renamed La Haye-Descartes in 1802 in his honour, and then renamed again to Descartes in 1967.

[edit] See also

• List of places named after people