Loiret

Loiret
Department
Prefecture building of the Loiret department, in Orléans.
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Loiret in France
Coordinates: 47°55′N 02°10′E / 47.917°N 2.167°E / 47.917; 2.167
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Département	4 March 1790
Prefecture	Orléans
Subprefectures	Montargis, Pithiviers
Government [1]
• President	Hugues Saury
Area [2]
• Total	6,775.2 km2 (2,615.9 sq mi)
Population  (2014)[3]
• Total	669,737
• Density	99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Demonym	Loiretains
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	FR-45
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	21
Communes	326
Website	Official website

Loiret is a department in north-central France in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It is named after the Loiret river, a tributary of Loire that is completely within the department.

Its prefecture is Orléans and there are two subprefectures: Montargis and Pithiviers.

1. ↑ "Hugues Saury" (in French). Département du Loiret. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
2. ↑ "Département du Loiret (45) - Résumé statistique". Publications et statistiques pour la France ou les régions (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
3. ↑ "Populations légales 2014 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 8 August 2017.