Arrondissement of Orléans

Coordinates: 47°55′N 1°54′E / 47.917°N 1.900°E / 47.917; 1.900
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Orléans
Arrondissement
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoiret
No. of communes121
PrefectureOrléans
Area
2,925.4 km2 (1,129.5 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
447,973
INSEE code452

The arrondissement of Orléans is an arrondissement of France, in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Orléans.

History[change | change source]

When the Loiret department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Orléans was part of that original department.[2]

Geography[change | change source]

The arrondissement of Orléans is in the southwest of the Loiret, where the natural regions of Beauce, Val de Loire and Sologne meet. It is the largest arrondissement of the department, 2,945.8 square kilometres (1,137.4 square miles) and the one with more people living in it, with 435,676 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Pithiviers, to the northeast and east by the arrondissement of Montargis, to the southeast by the Cher department, to the south and west by the Loir-et-Cher department and to the northwest by the Eure-et-Loir department.

Composition[change | change source]

Cantons[change | change source]

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

The cantons in the arrondissement of Orléans are:

  1. Beaugency (4501)
  2. Châteauneuf-sur-Loire (4503)
  3. La Ferté-Saint-Aubin (4505)
  4. Fleury-les-Aubrais (4506)
  5. Lorris (4508) (partly)
  6. Meung-sur-Loire (4510)
  7. Olivet (4512)
  8. Orléans-1 (4513)
  9. Orléans-2 (4514)
  10. Orléans-3 (4515)
  11. Orléans-4 (4516)
  12. Pithiviers (4517) (partly)
  13. Saint-Jean-de-Braye (4518)
  14. Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (4519)
  15. Saint-Jean-le-Blanc (4520)
  16. Sully-sur-Loire (4521)

Communes[change | change source]

The arrondissement of Orléans has 121 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]

  1. Ardon (45006)
  2. Artenay (45008)
  3. Baccon (45019)
  4. Le Bardon (45020)
  5. Baule (45024)
  6. Beaugency (45028)
  7. Boigny-sur-Bionne (45034)
  8. Bonnée (45039)
  9. Les Bordes (45042)
  10. Bou (45043)
  11. Bougy-lez-Neuville (45044)
  12. Boulay-les-Barres (45046)
  13. Bouzy-la-Forêt (45049)
  14. Bray-Saint Aignan (45051)
  15. Bricy (45055)
  16. Bucy-le-Roi (45058)
  17. Bucy-Saint-Liphard (45059)
  18. Cercottes (45062)
  19. Cerdon (45063)
  20. Chaingy (45067)
  21. Chanteau (45072)
  22. La Chapelle-Onzerain (45074)
  23. La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin (45075)
  24. Charsonville (45081)
  25. Châteauneuf-sur-Loire (45082)
  26. Chécy (45089)
  27. Chevilly (45093)
  28. Cléry-Saint-André (45098)
  29. Coinces (45099)
  30. Combleux (45100)
  31. Combreux (45101)
  32. Coulmiers (45109)
  33. Cravant (45116)
  34. Dampierre-en-Burly (45122)
  35. Darvoy (45123)
  36. Donnery (45126)
  37. Dry (45130)
  38. Épieds-en-Beauce (45134)
  39. Fay-aux-Loges (45142)
  40. Férolles (45144)
  41. La Ferté-Saint-Aubin (45146)
  42. Fleury-les-Aubrais (45147)
  43. Gémigny (45152)
  44. Germigny-des-Prés (45153)
  45. Gidy (45154)
  46. Guilly (45164)
  47. Huêtre (45166)
  48. Huisseau-sur-Mauves (45167)
  49. Ingrannes (45168)
  50. Ingré (45169)
  51. Isdes (45171)
  52. Jargeau (45173)
  53. Jouy-le-Potier (45175)
  54. Lailly-en-Val (45179)
  55. Ligny-le-Ribault (45182)
  56. Lion-en-Beauce (45183)
  57. Lion-en-Sullias (45184)
  58. Loury (45188)
  59. Marcilly-en-Villette (45193)
  60. Mardié (45194)
  61. Mareau-aux-Prés (45196)
  62. Marigny-les-Usages (45197)
  63. Ménestreau-en-Villette (45200)
  64. Messas (45202)
  65. Meung-sur-Loire (45203)
  66. Mézières-lez-Cléry (45204)
  67. Montigny (45214)
  68. Neuville-aux-Bois (45224)
  69. Neuvy-en-Sullias (45226)
  70. Olivet (45232)
  71. Orléans (45234)
  72. Ormes (45235)
  73. Ouvrouer-les-Champs (45241)
  74. Ouzouer-sur-Loire (45244)
  75. Patay (45248)
  76. Rebréchien (45261)
  77. Rouvray-Sainte-Croix (45262)
  78. Rozières-en-Beauce (45264)
  79. Ruan (45266)
  80. Saint-Aignan-le-Jaillard (45268)
  81. Saint-Ay (45269)
  82. Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire (45270)
  83. Saint-Cyr-en-Val (45272)
  84. Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel (45273)
  85. Saint-Denis-en-Val (45274)
  86. Saint-Florent (45277)
  87. Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin (45282)
  88. Saint-Jean-de-Braye (45284)
  89. Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (45285)
  90. Saint-Jean-le-Blanc (45286)
  91. Saint-Lyé-la-Forêt (45289)
  92. Saint-Martin-d'Abbat (45290)
  93. Saint-Péravy-la-Colombe (45296)
  94. Saint-Père-sur-Loire (45297)
  95. Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin (45298)
  96. Saint-Sigismond (45299)
  97. Sandillon (45300)
  98. Saran (45302)
  99. Seichebrières (45305)
  100. Semoy (45308)
  101. Sennely (45309)
  102. Sigloy (45311)
  103. Sougy (45313)
  104. Sully-la-Chapelle (45314)
  105. Sully-sur-Loire (45315)
  106. Sury-aux-Bois (45316)
  107. Tavers (45317)
  108. Tigy (45324)
  109. Tournoisis (45326)
  110. Traînou (45327)
  111. Trinay (45330)
  112. Vannes-sur-Cosson (45331)
  113. Vennecy (45333)
  114. Vienne-en-Val (45335)
  115. Viglain (45336)
  116. Villamblain (45337)
  117. Villemurlin (45340)
  118. Villeneuve-sur-Conie (45341)
  119. Villereau (45342)
  120. Villorceau (45344)
  121. Vitry-aux-Loges (45346)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		 Commune Population[5]
(2014)		 Canton Intercommunality
45234 Orléans 114,977 Orléans-1, Orléans-2, Orléans-3,
Orléans-4 and La Ferté-Saint-Aubin		 Orléans Métropole
45232 Olivet 21,192 Olivet Orléans Métropole
45147 Fleury-les-Aubrais 20,791 Fleury-les-Aubrais Orléans Métropole
45284 Saint-Jean-de-Braye 19,804 Saint-Jean-de-Braye Orléans Métropole
45285 Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle 16,415 Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle Orléans Métropole
45302 Saran 15,686 Orléans-3 Orléans Métropole
45075 La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin 10,117 Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle Orléans Métropole
45089 Chécy 8,840 Saint-Jean-de-Braye Orléans Métropole
45169 Ingré 8,460 Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle Orléans Métropole
45286 Saint-Jean-le-Blanc 8,281 Saint-Jean-le-Blanc Orléans Métropole

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Historique du Loiret". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Décret n° 2014-244 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Loiret" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Arrondissement d'Orléans (452)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

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