What is Arrondissement of Orléans?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Orléans | INSEE=452 | nbcomm=121 | prefecture=y | seat=[[Orléans]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=2925.4 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Orléans 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire }} The '''arrondissement of Orléans''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France, in the [[Loir-et-Cher]] [[Departments of France|department]] of the [[Centre-Val de Loire]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Orléans]]. ==History== When the Loiret department was created on 1800, the ''arrondissement'' of Orléans was part of that original department.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/45his.html |title=Historique du Loiret |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=13 August 2017 |date= }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Orléans is in the southwest of the Loiret, where the natural regions of Beauce, Val de Loire and Sologne meet. It is the largest ''arrondissement'' of the department, {{Convert|2945.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=off}} and the one with more people living in it, with 435,676 inhabitants. It is bordered to the north by the ''arrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Pithiviers|Pithiviers]], to the northeast and east by the ''arrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Montargis|Montargis]], to the southeast by the [[Cher (department)|Cher]] department, to the south and west by the [[Loir-et-Cher]] department and to the northwest by the [[Eure-et-Loir]] department. ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028661402 |title= Décret n° 2014-244 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Loiret |publisher=Legi