Loiret department

Loiret
region	Center-Val de Loire
prefecture	Orleans
Sub-prefecture (s)	Montargis Pithiviers
Residents	678.105 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	100 inhabitants per km²
surface	6,775.81 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	16
Cantons	21st
Communities	326
President of the Department Council	Hugues Saury
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-45
Location of the department of Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire

The Loiret [ lwaʀe ] is the French department with the atomic number 45. It is in the center of the country in the Region Center-Val de Loire and is named after the river Loiret named.

geography

The Loiret department is bordered by the Essonne department to the north, the Seine-et-Marne department to the northeast, the Yonne department to the east, the Nièvre and Cher departments to the south, the Loir-et-Cher department to the southwest and the North-west to the Eure-et-Loir department .

The most important river is the Loire , which reaches the département from the southeast, flows through the capital Orléans , which lies in the west of the département, and then leaves the département in a south-westerly direction. The Loing drains the northeast of the department towards the north. To the east is the canal chain of the Canal du Loing , Canal de Briare and Canal latéral à la Loire , which runs in a north-south direction and connects the river system of the Seine with that of the Rhone . The eponymous Loiret is a 12 km long left tributary of the Loire in the Orléans agglomeration.

In the center of the department is the forest area of ​​the Forêt d'Orléans .

Uneven distribution of Neolithic sites in the Loiret - here dolmens etc.

Uneven distribution of Neolithic sites in the Loiret - here menhirs

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 mainly from the eastern part of the province of Orléanais .

It has belonged to the Center region since 1960 , which was renamed Center-Val de Loire in 2016 .

Cities

The most populous communes in the Loiret department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Orleans	116,685	Orleans
Olivet	21,951
Fleury-les-Aubrais	21,026
Saint-Jean-de-Braye	20,751
Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle	16,273
Saran	16,365
Gien	14.007	Montargis
Montargis	14,643
Châlette-sur-Loing	12,576
Amilly	12,977

Administrative division

The Loiret department is divided into 3 arrondissements , 21 cantons and 326 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Loiret department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Montargis	6th	126	169,925	2,657.44	64	451
Orleans	15th	121	444,681	2,925.83	152	452
Pithiviers	2	79	63,499	1,192.54	53	453
Loiret department	21st	326	678.105	6,775.81	100	45

See also:

• List of communes in the Loiret department
• List of cantons in the Loiret department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Loiret department

Web links

Commons : Loiret department  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Loiret department (French)
• Prefecture of the Loiret department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ loiret.fr ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 3, 2015 

Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '  N , 1 ° 55'  E