Arrondissement of Orléans

The arrondissement of Orléans is an arrondissement of France, in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its 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.
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, and the one with more people living in it, with 435,676 inhabitants.
It is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Pithiviers, to the northeast and east by the "arrondissement" of Montargis, to the southeast by the 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, cantons are not subdivisions of the "arrondissements" so they could have "communes" that belong to different "arrondissements".
The cantons in the arrondissement of Orléans are:
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Orléans has 121 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: