Tours Val de Loire Airport

École de L'Aviation de Chasse 314 Christian Martell was a French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) Fighter Pilot Training School located at Tours Saint Symphorien Air Base (BA 705), Indre-et-Loire, France which operated the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet. It was operational from 1961, until Pilatus PC-21 light trainers were ordered to replace its Alpha Jets, which entered service in 2018 with EPAA 00.315 at BA 709 Cognac. On 12 September 2020, École de Pilotage de l’Armée de l’Air 315 Général Jarry (EPAA 00.315) was merged with the école de l'aviation chasse EAC 00.314, to form l'école de l'aviation de chasse 00.315 "Christian Martell" at Cognac.EAC 00.315 has Pilatus PC-21 aircraft (EIV 1/13 Artois, EIV 3/4 Limousin et EIV 3/13 Auvergne) and Grob 120 aircraft (EIV 2/12 Picardie, STANEVAL 1/11 Roussillon et EIV 4/11 Jura). It manages des parcours de formations de navigants, désignés par "Mentor" (Mentor 1 ; Mentor 2 à partir de 2025). The insignia of EAC 00.315 is a stork on a night-blue starry background.

Tours Aerodrome was a complex of military airfields in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, 6 km (3.2 NM) north-northeast of the city of Tours. They were used during World War I as part of the Second Air Instructional Center (2d AIC), American Expeditionary Forces for training United States airmen prior to being sent into combat. Today Tours Airdrome #1 airfield is Tours Val de Loire Airport (Base Aérienne 604).

Lycée Jacques de Vaucanson is a senior high school/sixth-form college in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. It opened in 1989 and moved into a new building in 2012.The school includes a boarding facility.

Parçay-Meslay (French pronunciation: [paʁsɛ mɛlɛ] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, central France.

Marmoutier Abbey — also known as the Abbey of Marmoutier or Marmoutiers — was an early monastery outside Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. In its later days it followed the Benedictine order as an influential monastery with many dependencies.

Notre-Dame-d'Oé (French pronunciation: [nɔtʁ dam dɔe] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department of central France.

Rochecorbon (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃkɔʁbɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, central France.

Lycée Choiseul is a senior high school/sixth-form college in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. The school includes a boarding facility.The École Supérieure « Sévigné » first opened in 1884 with 50 students, and it became the Collège de Jeunes Filles, a school for girls. It had 777 students in 1939 and 1,801 students in 1959. By 1960 it was called the Collège national moderne et technique and received its current name shortly afterward. In 1972 the school became coeducational.

The châteaux of the Loire Valley (French: châteaux de la Loire) are part of the architectural heritage of the historic towns of Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon, Montsoreau, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours along the river Loire in France. They illustrate Renaissance ideals of design in France.The châteaux of the Loire Valley number over three hundred, ranging from practical fortified castles from the 10th century to splendid residences built half a millennium later. When the French kings began constructing their huge châteaux in the Loire Valley, the nobility, drawn to the seat of power, followed suit, attracting the finest architects and landscape designers. The châteaux and their surrounding gardens are cultural monuments which embody the ideals of the Renaissance and Enlightenment. Many of the châteaux were built on hilltops, such as the Château d'Amboise, while the only one built in the riverbed is the Château de Montsoreau. Many had exquisite churches on the grounds or within the château.

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. It is located about 4 km (2.5 mi) from Tours. During the French Revolution, it was called La Clarté-Républicaine.

Chanceaux-sur-Choisille (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃so syʁ ʃwazij] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

The canton of Saint-Pierre-des-Corps is an administrative division of the Indre-et-Loire department, central France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-Pierre-des-Corps.It consists of the following communes: Saint-Avertin Saint-Pierre-des-Corps