Orly
Commune in Île-de-France, France
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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 | |
 Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs | |
 Location of Orly | |
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| Coordinates: 48°44′42″N 2°23′58″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 (2023)[2] | 24,658 |
| • Density | 3,690/km2 (9,550/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) |
| Website | mairie-orly.fr |
| 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.
Public Housing
Orly experienced significant growth in the late 1950s. There was an urgent need to house poor families living in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. Orly responded to Abbé Pierre's call in 1954. It was also intended to house the immigrant workers arriving en masse in the Paris region.[4]
Population
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Transport
Orly is served by two stations on Paris RER line C: Les Saules and Orly-Ville.
Education
Schools in Orly:[7]
- 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.[7]
Personalities
- Kery James, rapper
- Dry, rapper
- Jean Fernand, an impressionist painter
- Auguste Marie, psychiatrist
