Orléans

:This article is about Orl?ans, France; for other meanings see Orleans (disambiguation).

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Orl?ans is a city and commune in north-central France, about 200 km (130 miles) south-west of Paris. It is the pr?fecture (capital) of the Loiret d?partement and of the Centre r?gion. Population (1999): 113,126.

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Joan of Arc is sometimes called the Maid of Orl?ans.

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Orl?ans was founded during the Roman Empire as the city of Aureliani. In 451, Attila the Hun made an attempt to capture and sack the city, only to be driven off by the last-minute arrival of an army under the combined command of Theodorid, pawn of the Visigoths, and the Roman general A?tius.

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Orl?ans is about as far as the English went when they tried to invade France in the Hundred Years' War.

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