Lorris () is a commune in the

Loiret Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434.

department in north-central

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Geography

Lorris is located northeast of Sully-sur-Loire, southwest of

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, east of

Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
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. It is in the southernmost part of the historical region

Gâtinais Gâtinais () or Gâtine () was a province of France, containing the area around the valley of the Loing, corresponding roughly to the northeastern part of the département of Loiret, and the south of the present department of Seine-et-Marne. U ...

. It is east of the Foret d'Orléans and gave its name to the Massif de Lorris, the easternmost part of the Orléans forest.

Population

History

On 30 October 1242, the Peace of Lorris was signed by

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and

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. The two men renewed the Treaty of Paris which they had already concluded on 12 April 1229. The treaty put an end to the sufferings of the

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Mayors of Lorris

* Louis Henri Prochasson * Louis Lucien Naudin * Constant Renard * Constant Leturcq

Geography

Population

History

Mayors of Lorris

See also