# Arrondissement of Orléans

The arrondissement of Orléans is an arrondissement of France in the Loiret department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 121 communes. Its population is 453,067 (2021), and its area is 2,925.4 km$^2$ (1,129.5 sq mi).

## Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Orléans, and their INSEE codes, are:
* Ardon (45006)
* Artenay (45008)
* Baccon (45019)
* Le Bardon (45020)
* Baule (45024)
* Beaugency (45028)
* Boigny-sur-Bionne (45034)
* Bonnée (45039)
* Les Bordes (45042)
* Bou (45043)
* Bougy-lez-Neuville (45044)
* Boulay-les-Barres (45046)
* Bouzy-la-Forêt (45049)
* Bray-Saint Aignan (45051)
* Bricy (45055)
* Bucy-le-Roi (45058)
* Bucy-Saint-Liphard (45059)
* Cercottes (45062)
* Cerdon (45063)
* Chaingy (45067)
* Chanteau (45072)
* La Chapelle-Onzerain (45074)
* La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin (45075)
* Charsonville (45081)
* Châteauneuf-sur-Loire (45082)
* Chécy (45089)
* Chevilly (45093)
* Cléry-Saint-André (45098)
* Coinces (45099)
* Combleux (45100)
* Combreux (45101)
* Coulmiers (45109)
* Cravant (45116)
* Dampierre-en-Burly (45122)
* Darvoy (45123)
* Donnery (45126)
* Dry (45130)
* Épieds-en-Beauce (45134)
* Fay-aux-Loges (45142)
* Férolles (45144)
* La Ferté-Saint-Aubin (45146)
* Fleury-les-Aubrais (45147)
* Gémigny (45152)
* Germigny-des-Prés (45153)
* Gidy (45154)
* Guilly (45164)
* Huêtre (45166)
* Huisseau-sur-Mauves (45167)
* Ingrannes (45168)
* Ingré (45169)
* Isdes (45171)
* Jargeau (45173)
* Jouy-le-Potier (45175)
* Lailly-en-Val (45179)
* Ligny-le-Ribault (45182)
* Lion-en-Beauce (45183)
* Lion-en-Sullias (45184)
* Loury (45188)
* Marcilly-en-Villette (45193)
* Mardié (45194)
* Mareau-aux-Prés (45196)
* Marigny-les-Usages (45197)
* Ménestreau-en-Villette (45200)
* Messas (45202)
* Meung-sur-Loire (45203)
* Mézières-lez-Cléry (45204)
* Montigny (45214)
* Neuville-aux-Bois (45224)
* Neuvy-en-Sullias (45226)
* Olivet (45232)
* Orléans (45234)
* Ormes (45235)
* Ouvrouer-les-Champs (45241)
* Ouzouer-sur-Loire (45244)
* Patay (45248)
* Rebréchien (45261)
* Rouvray-Sainte-Croix (45262)
* Rozières-en-Beauce (45264)
* Ruan (45266)
* Saint-Aignan-le-Jaillard (45268)
* Saint-Ay (45269)
* Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire (45270)
* Saint-Cyr-en-Val (45272)
* Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel (45273)
* Saint-Denis-en-Val (45274)
* Saint-Florent (45277)
* Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin (45282)
* Saint-Jean-de-Braye (45284)
* Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (45285)
* Saint-Jean-le-Blanc (45286)
* Saint-Lyé-la-Forêt (45289)
* Saint-Martin-d'Abbat (45290)
* Saint-Péravy-la-Colombe (45296)
* Saint-Père-sur-Loire (45297)
* Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin (45298)
* Saint-Sigismond (45299)
* Sandillon (45300)
* Saran (45302)
* Seichebrières (45305)
* Semoy (45308)
* Sennely (45309)
* Sigloy (45311)
* Sougy (45313)
* Sully-la-Chapelle (45314)
* Sully-sur-Loire (45315)
* Sury-aux-Bois (45316)
* Tavers (45317)
* Tigy (45324)
* Tournoisis (45326)
* Traînou (45327)
* Trinay (45330)
* Vannes-sur-Cosson (45331)
* Vennecy (45333)
* Vienne-en-Val (45335)
* Viglain (45336)
* Villamblain (45337)
* Villemurlin (45340)
* Villeneuve-sur-Conie (45341)
* Villereau (45342)
* Villorceau (45344)
* Vitry-aux-Loges (45346)

## History

The arrondissement of Orléans was created in 1800.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Orléans were, as of January 2015:
* Artenay
* Beaugency
* Châteauneuf-sur-Loire
* Chécy
* Cléry-Saint-André
* La Ferté-Saint-Aubin
* Fleury-les-Aubrais
* Ingré
* Jargeau
* Meung-sur-Loire
* Neuville-aux-Bois
* Olivet
* Orléans-Bannier
* Orléans-Bourgogne
* Orléans-Carmes
* Orléans-La Source
* Orléans-Saint-Marc-Argonne
* Orléans-Saint-Marceau
* Ouzouer-sur-Loire
* Patay
* Saint-Jean-de-Braye
* Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle
* Saint-Jean-le-Blanc
* Sully-sur-Loire