| Columbia Encyclopedia: Loiret |
| Wikipedia: Loiret |
| Loiret | |
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| Coat of Arms of Loiret | |
| Location | |
| Administration | |
| Department number: | 45 |
| Region: | Centre |
| Prefecture: | Orléans |
| Subprefectures: | Montargis Pithiviers |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 41 |
| Communes: | 334 |
| President of the General Council: | Eric Doligé UMP |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 35th |
| -1999 | 618,126 |
| Population density: | 91/km2 |
| Land area¹: | 6775 km2 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2. | |
Loiret is a department in north-central France named after the river Loiret.
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Loiret is one of the original 83 departments that was created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the former province of Orléanais.
Loiret is part of the current region of Centre and is surrounded by the departments of Seine-et-Marne, Yonne, Nièvre, Cher, Loir-et-Cher, and Eure-et-Loir.
Orléans is a popular tourist destination, with its cathedral of Ste. Croix.
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