Fondettes

Fondettes (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃dɛt] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the suburbs of Tours in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region.^[3]

Fondettes
Commune
Town hall of Fondettes
Coat of arms
Location of Fondettes
Fondettes Show map of France Fondettes Show map of Centre-Val de Loire
Coordinates: 47°24′18″N 0°35′59″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Tours
Canton	Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Intercommunality	Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Cédric de Oliveira[1]
Area 1	32.08 km2 (12.39 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	10,917
• Density	340.3/km2 (881.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37109 /37230
Elevation	42–100 m (138–328 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,981 —     1800 1,940 −0.30% 1806 2,501 +4.32% 1821 2,363 −0.38% 1831 2,471 +0.45% 1836 2,312 −1.32% 1841 2,423 +0.94% 1846 2,303 −1.01% 1851 2,283 −0.17% 1856 2,401 +1.01% 1861 2,247 −1.32% 1866 2,251 +0.04% 1872 2,258 +0.05% 1876 2,276 +0.20% 1881 2,300 +0.21% 1886 2,245 −0.48% 1891 2,138 −0.97% 1896 2,111 −0.25% 1901 2,071 −0.38%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 2,087 +0.15% 1911 2,038 −0.47% 1921 2,074 +0.18% 1926 2,198 +1.17% 1931 2,195 −0.03% 1936 2,351 +1.38% 1946 2,469 +0.49% 1954 3,058 +2.71% 1962 3,182 +0.50% 1968 3,441 +1.31% 1975 4,635 +4.35% 1982 5,844 +3.37% 1990 7,325 +2.86% 1999 8,921 +2.21% 2007 9,989 +1.42% 2012 10,235 +0.49% 2017 10,307 +0.14% 2020 10,585 +0.89%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5]

Mayors of Fondettes

• 1944–1945: René Vernier
• 1945–1959: Ernest Dupuis
• 1959–1971: Marcel Chauvin
• 1971–1993: Jean Roux
• 1993–1995: Jean-Paul Leduc
• 1995–2001: Joseph Masbernat
• 2001–2008: Michel Pasquier
• 2008–2014: Gérard Garrido
• 2014– : Cédric de Oliveira

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Fondette is twinned with:

• Wiesbaden, Naurod, Hesse, Germany^[6]
• Constancia, Santarém (district), Portugal.^[7]

Architectural Heritage

• Architectural Heritage of Fondettes
• 
  The Saint-Symphorien's church.
• 
  The castle of La Plaine.
• 
  The castle of Châtigny.
• 
  Prioral church of Lavaré.
• 
  Castle of Bel-Air.
• 
  The manor of Hamardières.
• 
  The manor of Thoudé.

See also

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department
• Ancient bridges over the Loire in the Touraine area