Orly

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Orly ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located Template:Convert from the center of Paris.

The name of Orly came from Latin Aureliacum, "the villa of Aurelius".

Orly Airport partially lies on the territory of the commune of Orly,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which gave its name to the airport.

Public Hausing

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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:<ref name=Schools>"Etablissements scolaires." Orly. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.</ref>

  • 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.<ref name=Schools/>

Personalities

See also

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