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Orléans (; (:ɔʁleã)〔) is a city in north-central France, about southwest of Paris. It is the capital of the Loiret department and of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Orléans is located on the Loire River where the river curves south towards the Massif Central. The city of New Orleans (in French, ''La Nouvelle-Orléans''), in Louisiana, United States is named after the commune of Orléans. ==Geography== Orléans is located in the northern bend of the Loire, which crosses from east to west. Orléans belongs to the vallée de la Loire sector between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire, which was in 2000 inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The capital of Orléanais, 120 kilomètres south-south-west of Paris, it is bordered to the north by the Beauce region and the forêt d'Orléans, and the Orléans-la-Source neighbourhood and the Sologne region to the south. Five bridges in the city cross the river : :: * Pont de l'Europe :: * Pont du Maréchal Joffre (also called pont Neuf) :: * Pont George-V (also called pont Royal), carrying the commune tramway :: * Pont René-Thinat :: * Pont de Vierzon (rail bridge) To the north of the Loire (on the "rive droite") is to be found a small hill ( at the pont Georges-V, at the place du Martroi) which gently rises to at la Croix Fleury, at the limits of Fleury-les-Aubrais. Conversely, the south (on the "rive gauche") has a gentle depression to about above sea level (at Saint-Marceau) between the Loire and the Loiret, designated a "zone inondable" (flood-risk zone). At the end of the 1960s, the ''Orléans-la-Source'' quarter was created, to the south of the original commune and separated from it by the Val d'Orléans and the Loiret River (whose source is in the Parc Floral de la Source). This quarter's altitude varies from about . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orléans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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