Orly, France
Orly is a French town with 21,312 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the south of Paris in the department of Val -de- Marne. She is known mainly because of the airport Paris -Orly.
Geography
Orly is about 15 kilometers south of the city center on the Seine within the Unité urbaine of Paris.
With the growth of the church in the 20th century a number of formerly independent neighboring villages were incorporated. Today's neighboring communities of Orly are largely similar sized communities Thiais, Choisy- le- Roi, Villeneuve -le- Roi, Villeneuve -Saint -Georges and Paray -Vieille- Poste.
Demographics
Until the beginning of the 20th century Orly was a small village in the Paris area with only a few hundred inhabitants. After the end of World War II lived more than 6,000 people in Orly. Reached its peak since then the decline in population, with just over 30,000 residents in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
History
The name Orly goes back to the Latin name Aureliacum and indicates the origin of the place from a Roman foundation. In 829 the town was recorded as early as the Chapter of Notre -Dame in Paris.
In 1346 the British Orly besieged for three months, while the population entrenched in the church tower.
Since the early 1930s, Orly is joined by his school for pilot training with the history of civil aviation; this school goes back to a suggestion of the French aviation pioneer Maryse Bastié. This connection to aviation, which is also by the Paris-Orly Airport, is in the arms of the municipality with its five stylized aircraft in silver angle on a blue background expression.
Attractions
The restored church of Saint- Germain -de- Paris was built in the 12th century. The church tower was partially destroyed during the English siege in the 14th century and no longer completely rebuilt.
Twinning
Orly is twinning received with
- Pointe -à- Pitre in Guadeloupe since 1973
- Klin in the Moscow Oblast, Russia, since 1979
- Campi Bisenzio in Tuscany, Italy, since 1980
- Turnu -Severin in Romania, since 2000