a province of France, including the several districts of Orleanois-Proper, Beauce-Proper, or Chartrein, Dunois, Vendomois, Blaisois, the greatest part of Gatinois, and Perche-Gouet. The principal rivers of it are the Loire, the Loiret, the Cher, the Laonie, the Aigle, the Hyere, the Yonne, and the Eyre. There are also some remarkable canals, particularly those of Briare and Orleans. The river Loire, and the canals drawn from thence, greatly facilitate and promote the inland trade of the kingdom, and particularly of this government, which lies entirely within the jurisdiction of the parliament of Paris; and, besides the chief governor, has several subordinate ones.

Orleanois, in Latin Aurelianensis Ager, is bounded on the south by Sologne, on the north by Upper-Beauce, on the east by Gatinois, and on the west by Dunois and Vendomois. The Loire divides it into Upper and Lower; the former lying to the north and the latter to the south of that river. It yields plenty of grain, wine, wood, and fruit, and abounds in cattle, game, and fish.