Orleans

Orléans
Rue Jeanne d'Arc and the Saint-Croix Cathedral
Flag Coat of arms
Orléans
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Orléans
Coordinates: 47°54′09″N 1°54′32″E / 47.9025°N 1.9090°E / 47.9025; 1.9090Coordinates: 47°54′09″N 1°54′32″E / 47.9025°N 1.9090°E / 47.9025; 1.9090
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Orléans
Canton	Chief town of 6 cantons
Intercommunality	Orléans Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Serge Grouard (Radical–UMP)
Area1	27.48 km2 (10.61 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	114,286
• Density	4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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 Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Orléans (UK /ɔːrˈliː.ənz/;French pronunciation: ​[ɔʁleɑ̃]) is a city in north-central France, about 111 kilometres (69 mi) southwest of Paris. It is the capital of the Loiret department and of the Centre-Val de Loire region.

Orléans is located on the Loire River where the river curves south towards the Massif Central.

New Orleans (French: La Nouvelle-Orléans), in Louisiana, United States, is named after the city.

Orléans is located in the northern bend of the Loire, which crosses from east to west. Orléans belongs to the vallée de la Loire sector between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire, which was in 2000 inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The capital of Orléanais, 120 kilomètres south-south-west of Paris, it is bordered to the north by the Beauce region and the forêt d'Orléans, and the Orléans-la-Source neighbourhood and the Sologne region to the south.