Monts, Indre-et-Loire
Monts | |
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Location of Monts | |
  Monts Location within France  Monts Location within Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Coordinates: 47°16′41″N 0°37′31″E / 47.2781°N 0.6253°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Tours |
| Canton | Monts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurent Richard[1] |
Area 1 | 27.28 km2 (10.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 8,080 |
| • Density | 296/km2 (767/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37159 /37260 |
| Elevation | 47–99 m (154–325 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Monts (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
Historic buildings
A number of historic buildings are located within the municipality.
It was at the Château de Candé in Monts on 3 June 1937 that The Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, married the twice-divorced Wallis Warfield Simpson for whom he had abdicated the throne of Britain and the Empire; the building thus became the backdrop to widely publicized photographs of the wedding. The Château was owned at the time by the controversial Franco-American management consultant Charles Bedaux; previously, the Château was owned by the wealthy Drake family which made profound modifications to the building's structure. The property includes a very large pond.
Another historic building in the village is the Manoir de l'Ortière, dating from the XV century.
The local railway station — the Gare de Monts — was opened in 1851; the building has a striking neo-classical façade.
Local sports activities
The village has an association football team playing in the Promotion d'Honneur de Centre, the eighth division of the French football league system. They are called AS Monts. They were founded in 1924 and play at the Stade des Griffonnes. Their kit is blue.
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See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Monts, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
