Back Īrfine ANG إرفاين Arabic ايرڤاين (كاليفورنيا) ARZ İrvin (Kaliforniya) Azerbaijani ایروین، کالیفورنیا AZB Ірвайн (Каліфорнія) Byelorussian Эрвайн (Каліфорнія) BE-X-OLD Ървайн (Калифорния) Bulgarian Irvine (Califòrnia) Catalan Ирвайн CE
Irvine, California | |
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| Coordinates: 33°40′10″N 117°49′23″W / 33.66944°N 117.82306°W[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Orange |
| Incorporated | December 28, 1971[3][4] |
| Named for | James Irvine |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager[3] |
| • Body | Irvine City Council[5] |
| • Mayor | Farrah N. Khan (D) |
| • Vice mayor | Larry Agran |
| • City manager | Oliver Chi[6] |
| Area | |
• Total | 65.92 sq mi (170.74 km2) |
| • Land | 65.61 sq mi (169.94 km2) |
| • Water | 0.31 sq mi (0.80 km2) 0.52% |
| Elevation | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 307,670 |
| • Rank | (2023) 2nd in Orange County 13th in California 63rd in the United States |
| • Density | 4,689.1/sq mi (1,810.46/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes[9] | 92602–92604, 92606, 92612, 92614, 92616–92620, 92623, 92650, 92697 |
| Area codes | 949, 657/714 |
| FIPS code | 06-36770[10] |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660804, 2410116 |
| Sphere of influence | 74 miles (119 km)[3] |
| Website | cityofirvine |
| Symbols of Irvine | |
| Flower | Lily of the Nile[3] |
| Insect | Western Swallowtail Butterfly[3] |
| Tree | Camphor[3] |
| Vegetable | Asparagus[3] |
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Irvine (/ˈɜːrvaɪn/) is a master-planned city in central Orange County, California, United States, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Irvine Company started developing the area in the 1960s and the city was formally incorporated on December 28, 1971. The 66-square-mile (170 km2) city[11] had a population of 307,670 at the 2020 census. As of 2023, it is the second most populous city in Orange County, fifth most in the Greater Los Angeles region, and 63rd most in the United States.
A number of corporations, particularly in the technology and semiconductor sectors, have their national or international headquarters in Irvine. Irvine is also home to several higher-education institutions including the University of California, Irvine (UCI), Concordia University, Irvine Valley College, and campuses of California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), University of La Verne, and Pepperdine University.
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- ^ "City Council". City of Irvine. May 27, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ "City Manager's Biography". City of Irvine. May 20, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ QuickFacts Irvine city, California, August 12, 2021, archived from the original on June 15, 2024, retrieved August 12, 2021
- ^ "ZIP Code(tm) Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "City of Irvine Website – History of the City". Ci.irvine.ca.us. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.