Irvine is an incorporated city in
Orange County,
California,
United States. It is a
planned city, mainly developed by the
Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on
December 28 1971, the 69.7 square mile (180.5 km²) city has a population of 202,079 (
as of 2007). It has annexed in the past an undeveloped area to the north, and has also annexed the former
El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, most of which is to be made into a park called the
Orange County Great Park. Currently, Irvine is larger in land area than any other city in Orange County, because when Irvine annexed the southern and eastern unincorporated areas, it surpassed the size of Anaheim and became the county's largest city based on
area. In June 2007, it was named The Safest City in the United States (Irvine has held the title since 2005)..
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