Vitry-aux-Loges

Vitry-aux-Loges lies amid the woods of the Orléanais, where a royal castle stood in the Middle Ages. The surrounding forest belonged largely to the king and was divided into districts supervised by foresters; Vitry gave its name to one of these forest guards. The old name of the woodland, the Forest of Loges, survived in the name of the village after it fell from wider use.