Orly

Orly
The church of Saint-Germain-de-Paris, in Orly
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location of Orly
Orly
Orly
Coordinates: 48°44′42″N 2°23′58″E / 48.74500°N 2.39944°E / 48.74500; 2.39944
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentVal-de-Marne
ArrondissementL'Haÿ-les-Roses
CantonOrly
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2023–2026) Imène Souid-Ben Cheikh[1]
Area
1
6.69 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
24,658
 • Density3,690/km2 (9,550/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Orlysien, Orlysienne
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
94054 /94310
Elevation59 m (194 ft)
Websitemairie-orly.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

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

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Plan d'Orly" (PDF). Mairie-Orly. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
  4. ^ "" Mon immeuble sera rasé " : à Orly, une métamorphose XXL pour en finir avec la cité-dortoir HLM". Le Parisien. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  5. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Orly, EHESS (in French).
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. ^ a b "Etablissements scolaires." Orly. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.