métropole
A ''métropole'' (French for "metropolis") is an administrative entity in France, in which several communes cooperate, and which has the right to levy local tax, an ''établissement public de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre''. I ...
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
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Orléans
Orléans (;"Orleans" (US) and Loiret
Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434.
Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
, central
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. It was created in April 2017, replacing the previous ''
Communauté urbaine
Communauté urbaine (French for "urban community") is the second most integrated form of intercommunality in France, after the ''Metropolis'' (french: link=no, métropole). A ''communauté urbaine'' is composed of a city ( commune) and its indep ...
Orléans Métropole''. Its area is 334.3 km2. Its population was 288,229 in 2019, of which 116,269 in Orléans proper.Comparateur de territoire INSEE. 4 April 2022.
Boigny-sur-Bionne
Boigny-sur-Bionne () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
Population
Economy
IBM has an office in Boigny-sur-Bionne.Bou
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La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin
La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin () is a French commune in the Loiret department, region of Centre-Val de Loire.
The village is located in the natural region of France of the Loire Valley and in the metropolis of Orléans. It is one of the 22 town of ...
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Chécy
Chécy () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Loiret department
The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France.
The communes cooperate in t ...
Fleury-les-Aubrais
Fleury-les-Aubrais () is a commune in the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is a northern suburb of Orléans.
As a part of German-occupied France, its railway station was destroyed in 1944 by the Combined Bomber Offensive.
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Ingré
Ingré () is a commune in the Loiret department, central France. It is part of the urban area of Orléans.
Population
Twin towns — sister cities
Ingré is twinned with:
* Castel Maggiore, Italy (2011)
* Drensteinfurt, Germany (2017)
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Mardié
Mardié () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
See also
* Communes of the Loiret department
The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France.
The communes cooperate in the followin ...
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Marigny-les-Usages
Marigny-les-Usages () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
See also
*Communes of the Loiret department
The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France.
The communes cooperate in the ...
Saint-Cyr-en-Val
Saint-Cyr-en-Val () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. The writer Michèle Desbordes (1940–2006) was born in Saint-Cyr-en-Val.
Demographics
History
* A religious community of canons took place in this city in 10 ...
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Saint-Denis-en-Val
Saint-Denis-en-Val () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Loiret department
The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France.
The communes co ...
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Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin
Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Mesmin () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
See also
* Communes of the Loiret department
The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France.
The communes coopera ...
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Saint-Jean-de-Braye
Saint-Jean-de-Braye () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is an eastern suburb of Orléans. The organist and musicologist Norbert Dufourcq (1904–1990) was born in the commune.
On 14 February 2020, the municipal c ...
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Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle
Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle () is a commune in the Loiret department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
It is located about from Orléans.
Populations
Personalities
* Dosseh, rapper and actor
* Stéphane Kakou, f ...
Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin
Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Loiret department
The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France.
The comm ...