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:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Loiret department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References