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Orleans - Definition and Overview |
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- This article is about Orléans, France; for other meanings see Orleans (disambiguation).
 Orleans cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Cross, built from 1278 to 1329; the Protestants pillaged it in the 1560s; the Bourbon kings restored it in the 17th century. Orléans is a city and commune in north-central France, about 200 km (130 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.
History
Orléans is about as far as the English went when they tried to invade France in the early 15th century.
Miscellaneous
Births
Orléans was the birthplace of:
Twin towns
- Dundee, in Scotland.
- Treviso, in Italy
- Münster, in Germany
- Kristiansand, in Norway
- Wichita, Kansas, in the United States
- Tarragona, in Spain
- Saint-Flour, in France
- Utsunomiya, in Japan
- Lugoj, in Romania
- Kraków, in Poland
- Parakou, in Benin
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