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Orléans | |
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Prefecture, commune and city | |
![]() Rue Jeanne d'Arc and the Saint-Croix Cathedral | |
Coordinates: 47°54′09″N 1°54′32″E / 47.9025°N 1.9090°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Loiret |
Arrondissement | Orléans |
Canton | Orléans-1, 2, 3 and 4 and La Ferté-Saint-Aubin |
Intercommunality | Orléans Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2015–present) | Olivier Carré (LR) |
Area 1 | 27.48 km2 (10.61 sq mi) |
Population (2012) | 114,286 |
• Density | 4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 45234 /45000 |
Elevation | 90–124 m (295–407 ft) (avg. 116 m or 381 ft) |
Website | www |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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.
Sister cities
[change | change source]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
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