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 .
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 :
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
- Loiret department (French)
- Prefecture of the Loiret department (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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