| Joué-lès-Tours | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Joué-lès-Tours (37).svg |
| Population Demonym: | Jocondien, Jocondienne |
| Arrondissement: | Tours |
| Canton: | Joué-lès-Tours |
| Mayor: | Frédéric Augis[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Tours Métropole Val de Loire |
| Coordinates: | 47.3514°N 0.6625°W |
| Elevation Min M: | 44 |
| Elevation Max M: | 96 |
| Area Km2: | 33.41 |
| Insee: | 37122 |
| Postal Code: | 37300 |
| Image Flag: | Fr-37-jt.gif |
Joué-lès-Tours (pronounced as /fr/, literally Joué near Tours) is a commune in the department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, central France.[2]
It is the largest suburb of the city of Tours, and is adjacent to it on the southwest.
The name of Joué-lès-Tours appears in its form "Gaudiacus" in the 6th Century. It corresponds to a toponymic type frequently found in Christian Gaule, that gave different variants depending on the region: Joué (west of France), Jouy (center and north), Jouey (east), Gouy (Normandy/Picardy), Gaugeac, Jaujac (south). It is composed of the Christian name "Gaudius", meaning "fortunate", "blessed" (gaudia > joy, in Latin) and with the Gallo-Roman suffix -ACU, meaning "place of", "property of".
Joué-lès-Tours was the site of the 20 December 2014 Tours police station stabbing.
In February 2010 the mayor, Philippe Le Breton, added the word laïcité underneath the French national motto on the town hall's façade.[3]