Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais
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Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais is a commune
in the Indre-et-Loire
department in central France
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It is located 30 km (18.6 mi) from Tours
and is bounded by the department of Sarthe
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, Le Mans
and Tours ensures a regular traffic for goods and passengers at the Saint-Paterne-Racan
station located 2 km (1.2 mi) SE. It is also connected by a bus named (TER et Fil Vert) with daily routes to Tours. The river Escotais is full of fish and attracts many fishermen and offers green landscapes. The commune is 18.27 km² (7.1 sq mi), 1.33 km² (0.513515870928072 sq mi) are meadows, 16 km² (6.2 sq mi) are farmlands including 14.09 km² (5.4 sq mi) arable lands and 0.7 km² (0.270271511014775 sq mi) of orchards are found. The largest forest are at the accesses of Château de Gènes.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire is a department in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers.-History:Indre-et-Loire is one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
department in central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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It is located 30 km (18.6 mi) from Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
and is bounded by the department of Sarthe
Sarthe
Sarthe is a French department, named after the Sarthe River.- History :The department was created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790, pursuant to the law of December 22, 1789, starting from a part of the province of Maine which was divided into two departments, Sarthe to the east and...
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Geography
The railway linking CaenCaen
Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....
, Le Mans
Le Mans
Le Mans is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans. Le Mans is a part of the Pays de la Loire region.Its inhabitants are called Manceaux...
and Tours ensures a regular traffic for goods and passengers at the Saint-Paterne-Racan
Saint-Paterne-Racan
Saint-Paterne-Racan is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.-References:*...
station located 2 km (1.2 mi) SE. It is also connected by a bus named (TER et Fil Vert) with daily routes to Tours. The river Escotais is full of fish and attracts many fishermen and offers green landscapes. The commune is 18.27 km² (7.1 sq mi), 1.33 km² (0.513515870928072 sq mi) are meadows, 16 km² (6.2 sq mi) are farmlands including 14.09 km² (5.4 sq mi) arable lands and 0.7 km² (0.270271511014775 sq mi) of orchards are found. The largest forest are at the accesses of Château de Gènes.