Luynes, Indre-et-Loire

Luynes
Luynes
Commune
	Luynes seen from the castle
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 47°23′28″N 0°33′19″E / 47.3911°N 0.5552°ECoordinates: 47°23′28″N 0°33′19″E / 47.3911°N 0.5552°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Tours
Canton	Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire
Intercommunality	Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bertrand Ritouret
Area 1	34.01 km2 (13.13 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	5,099
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37139 /37230
Elevation	39–105 m (128–344 ft)
Website	luynes.fr
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Luynes (French: [lɥin] (listen)) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,136	—
1800	2,169	+1.5%
1806	2,096	−3.4%
1821	2,004	−4.4%
1831	2,165	+8.0%
1836	2,098	−3.1%
1841	2,003	−4.5%
1846	2,187	+9.2%
1851	2,127	−2.7%
1856	2,109	−0.8%
1861	2,057	−2.5%
1866	2,047	−0.5%
1872	1,981	−3.2%
1876	1,970	−0.6%
1881	1,992	+1.1%
1886	2,014	+1.1%
1891	1,948	−3.3%
1896	1,948	+0.0%
1901	1,846	−5.2%
1906	1,869	+1.2%
1911	1,734	−7.2%
1921	1,530	−11.8%
1926	1,551	+1.4%
1931	1,517	−2.2%
1936	1,533	+1.1%
1946	1,663	+8.5%
1954	1,688	+1.5%
1962	1,699	+0.7%
1968	1,948	+14.7%
1975	2,614	+34.2%
1982	3,834	+46.7%
1990	4,128	+7.7%
1999	4,501	+9.0%
2006	5,002	+11.1%
2009	5,025	+0.5%

Sights[]

The Castle of Luynes has been registered as a historic site since 1926.^[2] The construction started in the 13th century, and the building was redesigned in the 15th and 17th century.

Luynes Aqueduct

A Roman aqueduct which carried water to Tours is visible as a series of piers, some still connected by arches, where it crosses a small valley between Luynes and Fondettes.^[3]