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Country
  
France

Department
  
Val-de-Marne

Population (2007)
  
21,372

Area
  
6.69 km²

Arrondissement
  
Créteil

Region
  
Île-de-France

Canton
  
Orly

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Monday 1:34 AM

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Weather
  
10°C, Wind NW at 2 km/h, 69% Humidity

Orly is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 12.7 km (7.9 mi) from the center of Paris.

Contents

Map of Orly, France

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

Paris-Orly Airport partially lies on the territory of the commune of Orly, which gave its name to the airport.

Transport

Orly is served by two stations on Paris RER line C: Les Saules and Orly – Ville.

Education

Schools in Orly:

  • 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.

    Personalities

  • Kery James, rapper
  • Dry, rapper

    • References

    Orly Wikipedia
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