Orléans: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

This article is about Orléans, France; for other meanings see Orleans (disambiguation).

Orléans is a city 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

Joan of Arc is sometimes called the Maid of Orléans.

Geography and Location

Aerial map

History

Orléans is about as far as the English went when they tried to invade France in the early 15th century.