Toury
Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France
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.
01Population
| 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 | ||
02History
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.
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- Toury mairie 2.jpg by Croquant, CC BY-SA 3.0
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