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Commune of Descartes |
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| Location | |
| Coordinates | 46°58'28 00°41'55 |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Loches |
| Canton | Descartes |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Touraine du Sud |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 37 m–121 m |
| Land area¹ | 38.08 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,019 |
| - Density | 106/km² (1999) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37115/ 37160 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Descartes is a town and commune of the Indre-et-Loire département in France.
History
Initially called La Haye en Touraine, the town was the birthplace of the philosopher René Descartes (1596–1650). The town was renamed La Haye-Descartes in 1802 in his honour, and then renamed again to Descartes in 1967.
