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#1 · (Edited)
Orleans is a city of 113,130 inhabitants, 275,000 in the urban area and 375,000 for the metro area.
It is located at 130 km of Paris

Orleans is the capital and the second most populated city of Centre Region.

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#6 ·
Based on the photos, I find a lot of Orléans unattractive. It might be the lack of colors and the lack of upkeep on the façades. Other French cities that are very monotone in color seem to get away with it and still look beautiful. In the case of Paris it's the overall grandeur and even the carved stone in many of its grand buildings that help Paris compensate for its lack of colors. But a provincial city without colors lacks so much in my opinion unless the plaster or stone is impeccably maintained which is not clearly the case with Orleans minus some of the neoclassic buildings. If only 3/4 of France realized in the past that colors can do so much to lift up a city. You have to wonder if France was color blind in the 18 and 19 c. when so many of its current buildings were built. That is why I prefer 100x cities along the eastern edge of the country near the borders with adjacent countries. Those cities have color and it makes a big difference (Lille/Nord region, Strasbourg/Alsace, Lyon with its pastel colors, Nice & St-Tropez). Toulouse and some Basque cities are the exception to the eastern rule.
 
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