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| Department number: | 45 |
| Region: | Centre |
| Prefecture: | Orléans |
| Subprefectures: | Montargis Pithiviers |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 41 |
| Communes: | 334 |
| President of the General Council: | Eric Doligé UMP |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 35th |
| -1999 | 618,126 |
| Population density: | 91/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6775 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Centre is one of the 26 regions of France, located towards the northwest of the actual centre of the country A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' This article is about the French city of Orléans for other meanings see Orleans (disambiguation. Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Montargis is a commune of the Loiret département in France. The town is located about 110 km south of Paris and 70km east Pithiviers is a commune of the Loiret département, in France. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 3 arrondissements of the Loiret department are Arrondissement of Montargis, ( subprefecture: Montargis) The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 41 cantons of the Loiret department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is the list of the 334 communes of the Loiret département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
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Loiret is a department in north-central France named after the Loiret River. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Loiret River, in France, is a 12 km long left tributary to the Loire River.
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History
Loiret is one of the original 83 departments that was created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It was created from the former province of Orléanais. Orléanais is a former Province of France, around the cities of Orléans, Chartres, and Blois.
Geography
Loiret is part of the current region of Centre (Val de Loire) and is surrounded by the departments of Seine-et-Marne, Yonne, Nièvre, Cher, Loir-et-Cher, and Eure-et-Loir. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Centre is one of the 26 regions of France, located towards the northwest of the actual centre of the country Seine-et-Marne is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers and located in the Île-de-France region Yonne is a French department named after the Yonne River. It is one of the four constituent departments of Bourgogne (Burgundy in eastern France Nièvre is a department in the center of France named after the Nièvre River. Cher ( Occitan: Char) is an administrative department located in the centre of France. Loir-et-Cher is a department in north-central France named after the rivers Loir and Cher. Eure-et-Loir is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers
Tourism
Orléans is a popular tourist destination, with its cathedral of St. A tourist destination is a city town or other area that is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from Tourism. Croix.
See also
- Cantons of the Loiret department
- Communes of the Loiret department
- Arrondissements of the Loiret department
External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General Council website
- (English) Loiret Tourism Guide
- (English) Loiret at the Open Directory Project
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