Joué-lès-Tours

Joue -les -Tours is a city with 36 554 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the Indre- et- Loire in the Centre region south of Tours, often portrayed as their suburb.

History

In the 6th century a small settlement named Jocondiacum is first mentioned at this point that people lived well from their own farm and built early in wine. After 1807 the Emperor Napoleon had ordered the establishment of land registries for all French municipalities primarily to calculate the property taxes collected since 1790, there were 1826 in Joue the first land registry office, which was divided into 17 sections. In a section 2000 parcels of wine-growers were recognized, which produced an excellent wine named Noble Joue, composed of three grape varieties composed: the dull (gray ) Meunier, the black Pineau and Malvasia ( bad neighbor ). In a publication of 1832 ( de tous les topography vignobles connus ), this wine is described as follows: a beautiful color, full body, pleasant alcohol, wonderful flavor - and all that for three francs, it can be compared with the best known wines Auxerre locations in the Département de l' Yonne. - This wine is now also produced in the region with success.

The Section B of the cadastre contained a small market town, which was first described accurately with: a few houses around a church ( in 1846 counted this market town just 96 inhabitants, probably because he was away from all roads). In the second half of the 19th century there was a first magnification by the construction of several public buildings ( station, post ), by the beginning of industrialization ( a briquette factory was ) and. Due to the concomitant population growth The improved transport connections to even the highways and the railway network then soon grew zoom An industrial site.

1964 some parts of the city were ceded to Tours.

Economy and culture

Today are in place around a thousand companies, including a large media center in a modern building. In 1995, the city was awarded the honorary title of "City of arts and crafts ." Since 1997 takes place in this city every year an art festival on the streets instead of (Festival les année Joue ), which see especially acrobatics and dance, visitors can listen to and singing groups.

In the surrounding area wine production.

Sport in the City

Joue -les -Tours has a baseball club (Les Coyotes ) and a triathlon club.

Buildings and monuments

• A modern town hall
• Churches of St. Peter and Paul (photo), St. Joseph, Annunciation
• Cinemas, sports centers and schools

Notable people from the city

• Stéphane Dalmat, French professional football player

Twinning

• Kilmarnock - city in Scotland
• Hechingen - city in Baden -Württemberg
• Santa Maria da Feira - city in northern Portugal
• Ogre - city in Latvia
• Città di Castello - town in Central Italy