| Official Name: | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Native Name Lang: | fr |
| Settlement Type: | Region |
| Flag Size: | 120px |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 75px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Seat Type: | Prefecture |
| Seat: | Orléans |
| Parts Type: | Departments |
| Parts Style: | list |
| Parts: | 6 |
| P1: | Cher (18) |
| P2: | Eure-et-Loir (28) |
| P3: | Indre (36) |
| P4: | Indre-et-Loire (37) |
| P5: | Loir-et-Cher (41) |
| P6: | Loiret (45) |
| Leader Title: | President of the Regional Council |
| Leader Name: | François Bonneau (PS) |
| Area Total Km2: | 39151 |
| Area Rank: | 7th |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Demographics Type1: | GDP |
| Demographics1 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics1 Info1: | €78.343 billion |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Per capita |
| Demographics1 Info2: | €30,500 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | NUTS Region |
| Blank Info Sec2: | FR2 |
| Iso Code: | FR-CVL |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Largest city |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Tours |
Centre-Val de Loire (in French pronounced as /sɑ̃tʁə val də lwaʁ/,[2]) or Centre Region (French: région Centre|link=no, in French pronounced as /ʁeʒjɔ̃ sɑ̃tʁ/), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior of the country, with a population of 2,572,853 as of 2018. Its prefecture is Orléans, and its largest city is Tours.
Like many current regions of France, the region of Centre-Val de Loire was created from parts of historical provinces: French: [[Touraine]]|italic=no, French: [[Orléanais]]|italic=no and French: [[Berry, France|Berry]]|italic=no. First, the name French: Centre was chosen by the government purely on the basis of geography, in reference to its location in northwest-central France (the central part of the original French language area).
However, the Centre region is not situated in the geographical centre of France (except the Cher department). The name was criticised as being too dull and nondescript. Proposed names for the region included French: Val de Loire after the Loire Valley (the main feature of the region) or French: Cœur de Loire (Heart of Loire). On 17 January 2015, as part of the reorganisation of French regions, the region's official name was changed to French: Centre-Val de Loire.[3] French: Val de Loire is associated with positive images of the Loire Valley, such as the French: [[châteaux of the Loire Valley|châteaux]], the gentle and refined lifestyle, wine, as well as the mild and temperate climate, all of which attract many tourists to the region. A new logo was also created.
Bordering six other regions, Centre-Val-de-Loire borders most of the eighteen regions in France. The adjacent regions are Normandy to the northwest, Île-de-France to the northeast, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté to the east, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to the southeast, Nouvelle-Aquitaine to the southwest and Pays de la Loire to the west.
Centre-Val de Loire comprises six departments: Cher, Eure-et-Loir, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, and Loiret.
The gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 72.4 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 3.1% of French economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 25,200 euros or 84% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 99% of the EU average.[4]
An economic development agency, called Centréco, was created in 1994 by the Regional Council of Centre to promote the inflow of investments and the establishment of new businesses by French and foreign companies in the Centre region. This contributes to a mission of economic promotion, international support to regional companies, and the promotion of regional agrofood products via a regional signature, du Centre.