 The big city of former times is today an average-sized city of 250,000 inhabitants.It is still using its strategically central position less than an hour from the French capital to attract businesses interested in reducing transport costs.According to Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun in "La France Illustrée", 1882, Orléans's arms are "gules, three caillous in "cœurs de lys" argent, and on a chief azure, three fleurs de lys Or."