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In 2020, the city had 117,026 inhabitants within its municipal boundaries. [9] Orléans is the center of Orléans Métropole that has a population of 290,346. [10] The larger metropolitan area has a population of 454,208, the 20th largest in France. [4] The city owes its development from antiquity to the commercial exchanges resulting from the ...
The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall), also known as the Centre Municipal, is a municipal building in Orléans, Loiret, north-central France, standing on the Place de l'Etape.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Orléans, France. ... 1982 – Orleans becomes part of the Centre-Val de Loire region. 1988 ...
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
Orléans Cathedral (French: Basilique Cathédrale Sainte-Croix d'Orléans) [1] is a Roman Catholic church located in the city of Orléans, France. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Orléans. It was originally built from 1278 to 1329.
The neighborhood La Source is one of the twelve neighborhoods of the French commune of Orléans, a city located in the Loiret department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It is the largest neighborhood in Orléans, where the most important places, the university and the floral park, are surrounded by numerous residences and businesses. [1] [2]
Orléans Métropole (French pronunciation: [ɔʁleɑ̃ metʁɔpɔl]) is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Orléans. It is located in the Loiret department, in the Centre-Val de Loire region, central France. It was created in April 2017, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine Orléans Métropole. [1]
Like many current regions of France, the region of Centre-Val de Loire was created from parts of historical provinces: Touraine, Orléanais and Berry. First, the name Centre was chosen by the government purely on the basis of geography, in reference to its location in northwest-central France (the central part of the original French language area).