Orléans

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This article is about Orléans, France; for other meanings see Orleans (disambiguation).

Commune of Orléans
Country	Image:Flag of France.svg France
Région	Centre (capital)
Département	Loiret (préfecture)
Arrondissement	Orléans
Canton	Chief town of 6 cantons
Intercommunality	Agglomération Orléans Val de Loire
Mayor Term of office	Serge Grouard (UMP) 2001-2008
Land area¹	27.48 km²
}}})	113,126
}}})	4,117 pers./km²
Longitude	01° 54' 18" E
Latitude	47° 54' 11" N
Altitude	average: 116 m minimum: 90 m maximum: 124 m
INSEE Code	45234
Postal code	45000
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers. ² Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personnel).

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Orléans is a city and commune in north-central France, about 130 km (80 miles) south-west of Paris. It is the préfecture (capital) of the Loiret département and of the Centre région. Population (1999): 113,126.

Joan of Arc is sometimes called the Maid of Orléans.

1 History
2 Miscellaneous
- 2.1 Births
- 2.2 Sister towns
3 See also
4 External links

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History

Orléans was founded during the Roman Empire as the city of Aureliani. In 451, Attila the Hun made an attempt to capture and sack the city, only to be driven off by the last-minute arrival of an army under the combined command of Theodorid, pawn of the Visigoths, and the Roman general Aëtius.

Orléans marks the approximate point of furthest advance during the English invasion of France in the Hundred Years' War.

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