Center
- Orléans
Orléans
is becoming an increasingly important city in France. Orléans
is probably most famous for its links with Joan of Arc,
and a stained glass window in Orléans' Cathedrale Sainte-Croix
depicts Joan of Arc (also known as the Maid of Orléans)
being burnt alive. Joan of Arc was born on 6 January 1412 at Greux-Domremy,
Lorraine
and died when she was burned alive on on 30 May 1431 at Rouen.
Orléans'
historic centre was badly damaged in World War II, but much has
been reconstructed.
More
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| French
Regions |
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Principal
towns and cities in this region of France |
| Alsace |
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Strasbourg,
Mulhouse
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| Aquitaine |
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Périgueux,
Bordeaux,
Mont
de Marsan, Pau,
Agen
|
| Auvergne |
|
Clermont-Ferrand,
Le Puy,
Aurillac,
Vichy
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| Brittany |
|
Vannes,
Rennes,
Brest,
Saint
Brieuc |
| Burgundy |
|
Macon,
Nevers,
Dijon,
Auxerre |
| Center |
|
Orléans,
Blois,
Tours,
Châteauroux,
Chartres,
Bourges
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| Champagne-Ardenne |
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Chaumont,
Reims,
Troyes,
Charleville-Mézières
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| Corsica |
|
Ajaccio |
| Franche-comte |
|
Lons
le Saunier, Besançon,
Vesoul,
Belfort
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| Languedoc-Roussillon |
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Perpignan,
Mende,
Montpellier,
Nîmes,
Carcassonne
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| Limousin |
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Limoges,
Guéret,
Brive
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| Lorraine |
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Epinal,
Metz,
Bar
le Duc, Nancy
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| Lower-Normandy |
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Caen,
Saint-Lô,
Alençon |
| Midi-Pyrenees |
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Rodez,
Montauban,
Albi,
Tarbes,
Auch,
Toulouse,
Foix,
Cahors
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| North-Calais |
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Lille,
Dunkerque
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| Paris-Isle-of-France |
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Pontoise,
Créteil,
Bobigny,
Nanterre,
Evry,
Versaille,
Melun,
Paris
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| Pays-de-la-Loire |
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La
Roche sur Yon, Le
Mans, Laval,
Angers,
Nantes
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| Picardy |
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Beauvais,
Amiens, Laon |
| Poitou-Charentes |
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Angoulême,
La
Rochelle, Niort,
Poitiers
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| Provence-Alpes-Azur |
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Digne,
Gap,
Nice,
Marseille,
Avignon,
Toulon
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| Rhone-Alpes |
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Bourg
en Bresse, Privas,
Valence,
Grenoble,
Saint
Etienne, Lyon,
Chambèry,
Annecy
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| Upper-Normandy |
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Rouen,
Evreux,
Giverny
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