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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Orléans | ||
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| Rue Jeanne d'Arc and the Saint-Croix Cathedral | ||
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Coat of arms of Orléans | |
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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) | |
| Statistics | ||
| 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- File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Tyre, Lebanon
Perm, Russia
It has a partnership with:
- File:Flag of Poland.svg Kraków, Poland
Orléans Media
- ORLEANS From Flight ORY-MAD 737 EC-LQX (7951291066).jpg
ORLEANS From Flight ORY-MAD 737 EC-LQX (7951291066)
- Orléans Pont George V 01.jpg
George V Bridge, Orléans, Loiret, France
- La Loire à Orléans.jpg
La Loire à Orléans (Loiret, France).
- L'Inexplosible, Orléans.JPG
L'Inexplosible n°22, replica paddle steamer
- View of Orléans 1428 - Project Gutenberg etext 19488.jpg
Orléans in September 1428, the time of the siege of Orléans.
- Orleans Monument Joan of Arc.jpg
Statue of Joan of Arc, Place du Martroi
- 1581-Aurelia Franciae civitas ad Ligeri flu.JPG
Aurelia Franciae civitas ad Ligeri flu. sita (1581)
- Hôtel Groslot, Orléans, France, 2012..JPG
The Renaissance Hôtel Groslot
- US Army medics in Orleans, France 1944-08-19.JPEG
US Army medics in Orléans, 1944
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