Orly () is a commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France. It is in the southern suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris, on the departmental border with Essonne.
The name of Orly came from Latin Aureliacum, "the villa of Aurelius". Orly Airport partially lies on the territory of the commune of Orly, which gave its name to the airport.
History
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1997.
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.
Population
Transport Orly is served by two stations on Paris RER line C: Les Saules and Orly-Ville.
Education Schools in Orly:"Etablissements scolaires." Orly. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. Preschools (écoles maternelles): Cité Jardins, Jean Moulin, Joliot-Curie, Marcel Cachin, Noyer-Grenot, Paul Éluard, Romain Rolland Elementary schools (écoles élémentaires): Cité Jardins, Centre, Jean Moulin, Joliot-Curie, Marcel Cachin A and B, Paul Éluard 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.
Personalities Kery James, rapper Dry, rapper Jean Fernand, an impressionist painter Auguste Marie, psychiatrist
See also
Communes of the Val-de-Marne department
References
External links
Orly city council website