Arrondissement of Orléans

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

When the Loiret department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Orléans was part of that original department.

## Geography

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,  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.

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, 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 <small>(4501)</small>
1. Châteauneuf-sur-Loire <small>(4503)</small>
1. La Ferté-Saint-Aubin <small>(4505)</small>
1. Fleury-les-Aubrais <small>(4506)</small>
1. Lorris <small>(4508)</small> (partly)
1. Meung-sur-Loire <small>(4510)</small>
1. Olivet <small>(4512)</small>
1. Orléans-1 <small>(4513)</small>
1. Orléans-2 <small>(4514)</small>
1. Orléans-3 <small>(4515)</small>
1. Orléans-4 <small>(4516)</small>
1. Pithiviers <small>(4517)</small> (partly)
1. Saint-Jean-de-Braye <small>(4518)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle <small>(4519)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-le-Blanc <small>(4520)</small>
1. Sully-sur-Loire <small>(4521)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Orléans has 121 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

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

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! 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

- Arrondissements of the Loiret department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Orléans
- **insee**: 452
- **nbcomm**: 121
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Orléans
- **area**: 2925.4
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Orléans 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire