Orléans: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Orléans is a city of 116,344 people in France (Centre-Val de Loire), 115 m (377 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Paris-Orly Airport (ORY), 98 km (61 mi) from the centre. It has 1 railway station on record, including Gare d'Orléans.
Key facts
Daylight in Orléans runs from about 8 h 27 min a day in late December to 16 h 6 min in late June (computed for 47.9° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Orléans is served by one airport with scheduled flights. The closest large one is Paris-Orly Airport (ORY), 98 km (61 mi) from the centre, whose 11,975-ft runway is long enough for long-haul wide-body aircraft.
Flights to Orléans: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Gare d'Orléans. Trains to Orléans
Buses to Orléans · Driving and car hire
What people come for
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans | 57,422 | 2016 |
| Orléans Museum for biodiversity and environment | 42,245 | 2015 |
| Musée historique et archéologique de l'Orléanais | 13,423 | 2019 |
| Departmental archives of Loiret | 485 | 2021 |
The busiest is Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans at 57,422 visitors in 2016. Figures are the latest each site has published, so they are not all for the same year.
Tours, tickets and day trips from Orléans
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Paris, 111 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Brussels, 372 km (Belgium) — flights
- Lyon, 328 km
- Nantes, 270 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Marne La Vallée, 117 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Brighton, 357 km (United Kingdom)
- Bordeaux, 390 km — trains
- Gent, 374 km (Belgium)
- Lille, 315 km
- Paris 15 Vaugirard, 108 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Lugoj, Kraków, Dundee, Treviso, Kristiansand Municipality, Wichita, Tarragona, Utsunomiya, Parakou, Münster, Saint-Flour, Yangzhou, New Orleans, Meknes.
Common questions
Which airport serves Orléans?
Paris-Orly Airport (ORY), 98 km (61 mi) from the centre.
How big is Orléans?
About 116,344 people live in Orléans, across 27 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Orléans in?
Europe/Paris, currently UTC+2.
What currency is used in Orléans?
The Euro (EUR). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Orléans?
Paris (111 km), Brussels (372 km), Lyon (328 km), Nantes (270 km), Marne La Vallée (117 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.