Orange Coonty, Californie

**Orange Coonty** is a coonty in the U.S. state o Californie. Its coonty seat is Santa Ana. As o the 2010 census, its population wis 3,010,232, makkin it the third maist populous coonty in Californie, ahint Los Angeles Coonty an San Diego Coonty, an the seicont maist populous in the Greater Los Angeles Area, efter Los Angeles Coonty. It is the saxt maist populous coonty in the Unitit States as o 2009 while at the same time is the smallest area-wise county in Soothren Californie, bein roughly hauf the size o the next smawest coonty, Ventura. It is the seicont-maist densely populatit coonty in the state, seicont anerly tae San Francisco. The coonty is famous for its tourism, as the hame o such attractions as Disneyland an Knott's Berry Farm, an several beaches alang its mair nor  o coastline. It is kent for its affluence an poleetical conservatism – a 2005 academic study leetit three Orange Coonty ceeties as bein amang Americae's 25 "maist conservative," makkin it ane o twa coonties in the kintra containin mair nor ane such ceety (Maricopa Coonty, Arizona, haes three ceeties on the leet an aw).
It is part of the Tech Coast.

Orange Coonty wis at the time the lairgest American coonty tae hae gone bankrupt, when in 1994 langtime treasurer Robert Citron's investment strategies left the coonty wi inadequate caipital tae allou for ony rise in interest rates for its tradin positions. When the residents o Orange Coonty votit doun a proposal tae raise taxes in order tae balance the budget, bankruptcy follaeed suin efter. Citron later pleadit guilty tae sax felonies regardin the matter.

Whareas maist population centers in the Unitit States tend tae be identifee'd bi a major ceety, thare is no defined urban centre in Orange Coonty (it is sometimes considered pairt o baith the Los Angeles an San Diego metro auries). It is maistly suburban except for some tradeetionally urban auries at the centres o the aulder ceeties o Anaheim, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Orange, an Santa Ana. Thare are several edge ceety-style developments such as Irvine Business Center, Newport Center, an South Coast Metro.

The ceety o Santa Ana serves as the govrenmental centre o the coonty, or coonty seat, Anaheim as its main tourist destination, an Irvine as its major business an financial hub. Aw o these three Orange Coonty ceeties hae populations exceedin 200,000.
Thirty-fower incorporatit ceeties are locatit in Orange Coonty; the newest is Aliso Viejo, which wis incorporatit in 2001. Anaheim wis the first ceety incorporatit in Orange Coonty, in 1870 when the region wis still pairt o neebourin Los Angeles Coonty.

## Geografie

### Incorporatit ceeties
As o August 2006, Orange Coonty haes 34 incorporatit ceeties. The auldest is Anaheim (1870) an the newest is Aliso Viejo (2001).

*Aliso Viejo, incorporatit in 2001
*Anaheim, incorporatit in 1870
*Brea, incorporatit in 1917
*Buena Park, incorporatit in 1953
*Costa Mesa, incorporatit in 1953
*Cypress, incorporatit in 1956
*Dana Point, incorporatit in 1989
*Fountain Valley, incorporatit in 1957
*Fullerton, incorporatit in 1904
*Garden Grove, incorporatit in 1956
*Huntington Beach, incorporatit in 1909
*Irvine, incorporatit in 1971
*La Habra, incorporatit in 1925
*La Palma, incorporatit in 1955
*Laguna Beach, incorporatit in 1927
*Laguna Hills, incorporatit in 1991
*Laguna Niguel, incorporatit in 1989

*Laguna Woods, incorporatit in 1999
*Lake Forest, incorporatit in 1991
*Los Alamitos, incorporatit in 1960
*Mission Viejo, incorporatit in 1988
*Newport Beach, incorporatit in 1906
*Orange, incorporatit in 1888
*Placentia, incorporatit in 1926
*Rancho Santa Margarita, incorporatit in 2000
*San Clemente, incorporatit in 1928
*San Juan Capistrano, incorporatit in 1961
*Santa Ana, incorporatit in 1886
*Seal Beach, incorporatit in 1915
*Stanton, incorporatit in 1956
*Tustin, incorporatit in 1927
*Villa Park, incorporatit in 1962
*Westminster, incorporatit in 1957
*Yorba Linda, incorporatit in 1967

### Unincorporatit commonties

These commonties are ootside o ceety limits in unincorporatit coonty territory:

*Coto de Caza
* Cowan Heights
*Emerald Bay
*Ladera Ranch
*Las Flores
* Lemon Heights
*Midway City
*Modjeska Canyon
*North Tustin
*Orange Park Acres
*Rancho Mission Viejo
*Red Hill
*Rossmoor
*Silverado
*Trabuco Canyon

### Planned commonties
Orange Coonty haes a history o lairge planned commonties. Nearly 30% o the coonty wis creatit as master planned commonties, the maist notable bein the City of Irvine, Coto de Caza, Anaheim Hills, Tustin Ranch, Tustin Legacy, Ladera Ranch, Talega, Rancho Santa Margarita, an Mission Viejo. Irvine is aften referred tae as a model maister-planned ceety, for its veelages o Woodbridge, Northwood, University Park, an Turtle Rock that wur laid oot bi the Irvine Company o the mid-1960s afore it wis bocht by a group o investors that includit Donald Bren.

### Adjacent coonties

### Naitional protectit auries
* Cleveland National Forest (pairt)
* Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge

## Footnotes

## Freemit airtins

*County of Orange 
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*Orange County’s Changing Politics – slideshow by *[[The New York Times]]*
*Orange County, California  on National Association Of Counties
*Filming Locations in Orange County