Toury

Toury
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Toury
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Coordinates: 48°11′41″N 1°56′11″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement	Chartres
Canton	Les Villages Vovéens
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Laurent Leclercq
Area 1	18.72 km2 (7.23 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	2,640
• Density	141/km2 (365/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	28391 /28310
Elevation	125–137 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%
2023	2,640	+0.43%
Source: INSEE

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