Orly () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the center of Paris.

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

Orly

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

Orly

Population

Transport

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

Orly

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

Jean Fernand, an impressionist painter

See also

Communes of the Val-de-Marne department

References

External links

Orly city council website

Communes of Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia