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.

Composition
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:

 Beaugency (4501)
 Châteauneuf-sur-Loire (4503)
 La Ferté-Saint-Aubin (4505)
 Fleury-les-Aubrais (4506)
 Lorris (4508) (partly)
 Meung-sur-Loire (4510)
 Olivet (4512)
 Orléans-1 (4513)
 Orléans-2 (4514)
 Orléans-3 (4515)
 Orléans-4 (4516)
 Pithiviers (4517) (partly)
 Saint-Jean-de-Braye (4518)
 Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (4519)
 Saint-Jean-le-Blanc (4520)
 Sully-sur-Loire (4521)

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

 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)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(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
 Arrondissements of the Loiret department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

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