What is Orléans?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Orléans |commune status = [[Prefectures of France|Prefecture]], [[Communes of France|commune]] and city |image = Orleans3.jpg |caption = Rue Jeanne d'Arc and the [[Orléans Cathedral|Saint-Croix Cathedral]] |image flag = Flag of Orléans, France.svg |image coat of arms = Blason Orléans.svg |arrondissement = Orléans |canton = [[Canton of Orléans-1|Orléans-1]], [[Canton of Orléans-2|2]], [[Canton of Orléans-3|3]] and [[Canton of Orléans-4|4]] and [[Canton of La Ferté-Saint-Aubin|La Ferté-Saint-Aubin]] |coordinates = {{coord|47.9025|1.9090|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |INSEE = 45234 |postal code = 45000 |mayor = Olivier Carré |party = [[The Republicans (France)|LR]] |term = 2015–present |intercommunality = [[Orléans Métropole]] |elevation m = 116 |elevation min m = 90 |elevation max m = 124 |area km2 = 27.48 |population = 114286 |population date = 2012 |website = {{URL|http://www.orleans.fr/}} }} '''Orléans''' is a city in [[France]], the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the [[Centre-Val de Loire]] [[Regions of France|region]] and the [[Loiret]] [[Departments of France|department]]. It is on the [[Loire River]] and was formerly a busy [[port]]. ==Sister cities== Orléans is twinned with: * {{Flagicon|UK}} [[Dundee]], United Kingdom * {{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Treviso]], Italy * {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Münster]], Germany * {{Flagicon|Norway}} [[Kristiansand]], Norway * {{Flagicon|United States}} [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]], United States * {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Tarragona]], Spain * {{Flagicon|France}} [[Saint-Flour, Cantal|Saint-Flour]], France * {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Utsunomiya, Tochigi|Utsunomiya]], Japan * {{Flagicon|Romania}} [[Lugoj]], Romania * {{Flagicon|Benin}} [[Parakou]], Benin * {{Flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Tyre, Le