Saint-Pierre-des-Corps

Saint-Pierre-des-Corps (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ de kɔʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.^[3] It is located about 4 km (2.5 mi) from Tours. During the French Revolution, it was called La Clarté-Républicaine.

Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
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Coordinates: 47°23′29″N 0°43′44″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Tours
Canton	Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
Intercommunality	Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Emmanuel François[1]
Area 1	11.28 km2 (4.36 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	15,698
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37233 /37700
Elevation	46–51 m (151–167 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 633 —     1800 724 +1.94% 1806 678 −1.09% 1821 745 +0.63% 1831 824 +1.01% 1836 991 +3.76% 1841 965 −0.53% 1846 1,060 +1.90% 1851 1,289 +3.99% 1856 1,091 −3.28% 1861 1,058 −0.61% 1866 1,188 +2.34% 1872 1,251 +0.86% 1876 1,397 +2.80% 1881 1,612 +2.90% 1886 2,042 +4.84% 1891 2,107 +0.63% 1896 2,327 +2.01%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,757 +3.45% 1906 3,066 +2.15% 1911 4,093 +5.95% 1921 5,062 +2.15% 1926 6,655 +5.62% 1931 7,444 +2.27% 1936 8,187 +1.92% 1946 7,413 −0.99% 1954 10,656 +4.64% 1962 14,172 +3.63% 1968 15,232 +1.21% 1975 18,292 +2.65% 1982 18,313 +0.02% 1990 17,947 −0.25% 1999 15,773 −1.42% 2007 15,665 −0.09% 2012 15,224 −0.57% 2017 15,838 +0.79%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5]

Transportation

Located on the eastern edge of Tours, Saint-Pierre-des-Corps station is a major hub in the French railway network, connecting the LGV Atlantique, used by high-speed trains traveling from Paris to Nantes, Bordeaux, and Toulouse. The station at Tours itself is a terminus station through which trains cannot pass, so trains that do not terminate at Tours tend to avoid it entirely, leaving Saint-Pierre-des-Corps as the principal long distance station for the entire metropolitan area.

See also

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department