Orly (French pronunciation: [ɔʁli] ) is a commune in Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France. It is in the southern suburbs of Paris, 12.7 km (7.9 mi) 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.
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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.
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 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