Orléans
Orléans is a city in France, the prefecture of the Centre-Val de Loire region and the Loiret department. It is on the Loire River and was formerly a busy port.
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Centre | |
| Department | Loiret | |
| Arrondissement | Orléans | |
| Canton | Orléans-1, 2, 3 and 4 and La Ferté-Saint-Aubin | |
| Intercommunality | Orléans Métropole | |
| Mayor | Olivier Carré (LR) (2015–present) | |
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| Elevation | 90–124 m (295–407 ft) (avg. 116 m/381 ft) | |
| Land area1 | 27.48 km2 (10.61 sq mi) | |
| Population2 | 114,286 (2012) | |
| - Density | 4,159/km2 (10,770/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 45234/ 45000 | |
| Website | www | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Sister cities
Orléans is twinned with:
Dundee, United Kingdom
Treviso, Italy
Münster, Germany
Kristiansand, Norway
Wichita, United States
Tarragona, Spain
Saint-Flour, France
Utsunomiya, Japan
Lugoj, Romania
Parakou, Benin
Tyre, Lebanon
Perm, Russia
It has a partnership with:
Kraków, Poland
Orléans Media
ORLEANS From Flight ORY-MAD 737 EC-LQX (7951291066)
George V Bridge, Orléans, Loiret, France
La Loire à Orléans (Loiret, France).
L'Inexplosible n°22, replica paddle steamer
Orléans in September 1428, the time of the siege of Orléans.
Statue of Joan of Arc, Place du Martroi
Aurelia Franciae civitas ad Ligeri flu. sita (1581)
The Renaissance Hôtel Groslot
US Army medics in Orléans, 1944
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