Orly () is a commune in the southern suburbs of

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. It is located from the center of Paris. The name of Orly came from Latin ''Aureliacum'', "the villa of

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Orly Airport Paris Orly Airport (, ) is one of two international airports serving Paris, France, the other one being Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). It is located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, south of Paris. It serves as a sec ...

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

Population

Transport

Orly is served by two stations on Paris

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: Les Saules and Orly-Ville.

Education

Schools in Orly:Etablissements scolaires
" Orly. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. * Preschools (''écoles maternelles''): Cité Jardins,

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, Joliot-Curie, Marcel Cachin, Noyer-Grenot, Paul Eluard,

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* 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:

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Lycée Guillaume Apollinaire, a senior high/sixth-form in

Thiais Thiais () is a Communes of France, commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. The name Thiais comes from Medieval Latin ''Theodasium'' or ''Theodaxium'', meaning "estate of Theodasiu ...

; and Lycée Georges Brassens, a senior high/sixth-form in

Villeneuve-le-Roi Villeneuve-le-Roi () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. The early 19th-century French orientalist Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1780–1831) was born in Villeneuve-le-Roi on the boat that a ...

, are nearby.

Personalities

Kery James Alix Mathurin () (born December 28, 1977), publicly known as Kery James, is a French- Haitian rapper, singer, actor, director, and screenwriter from Les Abymes, Guadeloupe. James' music has addressed suburban life and social inequalities in cont ...

, rapper * Dry, rapper *

Jean Fernand Jean Fernand (born 19 November 1948) is a French impressionist painter, lithographer, sculptor and illustrator. History Jean Fernand was born in 1948 in Orly, south of Paris. His parents, who were Parisians, managed an industrial laundry. Whe ...

, an impressionist painter *

Auguste Marie Auguste Marie, born Auguste Armand Victor Marie on February 16, 1865, was a French psychiatrist. He is known for founding the "family colony" at Dun-sur-Auron, a village where former asylum inmates were housed by foster families who were paid to t ...

, psychiatrist

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