Orléans
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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.
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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:
- Étienne Dolet (1509-1546), scholar and printer
- Isaac Jogues (1607-1646), Jesuit missionary
- Robert-Joseph Pothier (1699-1772), jurist
- Stanislas Julien (1797?-1873), orientalist
- Gustave Lanson (1857-1934), historian
- Charles Péguy (1873-1914), poet and essayist
- Raoul Blanchard (1877-1965), geographer
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
See also
External link
- Orleans city official web site : http://www.orleans.fr/
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