Orléans
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Orléans (French pronunciation: [ɔʁleɑ̃]) is a ceety in north central Fraunce, aboot 130 km soothwast o Paris. It is the caipital o the Loiret depairtment an o the region o Centre-Val de Loire.
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Orléans | |
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Coordinates: 47°54′09″N 1°54′32″E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Depairtment | Loiret |
Arrondissement | Orléans |
Canton | Chief toun o 6 cantons |
Intercommunality | Orléans Val de Loire |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Serge Grouard (Radical–UMP) |
Area 1 | 27.48 km2 (10.61 sq mi) |
Population (2016-01-01)2 | 118,102 |
• Density | 4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
• Metro (2015) | 433,337 |
Demonym(s) | Orléanais.e (French) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 45234 /45000 |
Elevation | 90–124 m (295–407 ft) (avg. 116 m or 381 ft) |
Website | http://www.orleans.fr/ |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
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Orléans is locatit on the Loire River whaur the river curves sooth towards the Massif Central.
The ceety o New Orleans (still cried in French La Nouvelle-Orléans), in the Unitit States is named efter the commune o Orléans.