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Orly (French pronunciation: [ɔʁli] ) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located 12.7 km (7.9 mi) from the center of Paris.
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 The church of Saint-Germain-de-Paris, in Orly | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Paris and inner ring departments | |
Location of Orly  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°44′38″N 2°23′34″E / 48.7439°N 2.3928°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-de-Marne |
| Arrondissement | L'Haÿ-les-Roses |
| Canton | Orly |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Imène Souid-Ben Cheikh[1] |
Area 1 | 6.69 km2 (2.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 24,482 |
| • Density | 3,700/km2 (9,500/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Orlysien, Orlysienne |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 94054 /94310 |
| Elevation | 59 m (194 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The name of Orly came from Latin Aureliacum, "the villa of Aurelius".
Orly Airport partially lies on the territory of the commune of Orly,[3] which gave its name to the airport.
Population
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Transport
editOrly is served by two stations on Paris RER line C: Les Saules and Orly-Ville.
Education
editSchools in Orly:[6]
- Preschools (écoles maternelles): Cité Jardins, Jean Moulin, Joliot-Curie, Marcel Cachin, Noyer-Grenot, Paul Eluard, Romain Rolland
- Elementary schools (écoles élémentaires): Cité Jardins, Centre, Jean Moulin, Joliot-Curie, Marcel Cachin A and B, Paul Eluard A and B, Romain Rolland A and B
- Junior high schools: Collège Dorval and Collège Desnos
- One senior high school/sixth-form college: Lycée des métiers Armand Guillaumin
Lycée Guillaume Apollinaire, a senior high/sixth-form in Thiais; and Lycée Georges Brassens, a senior high/sixth-form in Villeneuve-le-Roi, are nearby.[6]
Personalities
edit- Kery James, rapper
- Dry, rapper
- Jean Fernand, an impressionist painter
- Auguste Marie, psychiatrist
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Plan d'Orly" (PDF). Mairie-Orly. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Orly, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ a b "Etablissements scolaires." Orly. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
External links
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- Orly city council website (in French)
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