Monts, Indre-et-Loire explained

Monts
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason de la ville de Monts (37).svg
Arrondissement:Tours
Canton:Monts
Mayor:Laurent Richard[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:47.2781°N 0.6253°W
Elevation Min M:47
Elevation Max M:99
Area Km2:27.28
Insee:37159
Postal Code:37260

Monts (in French pronounced as /mɔ̃/) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

It was here at the Château de Candé on 3 June 1937 that The Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, married the twice-divorced Wallis Warfield Simpson for whom he had abdicated the throne of Britain and the Empire.

They have an association football team playing in the Promotion d'Honneur de Centre, the eighth division of the French football league system. They are called AS Monts. They were founded in 1924 and play at the Stade des Griffonnes. Their kit is blue.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.