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| Full name | City of Irvine | | Official name | City of Irvine | | Settlement type | City | | Motto | Innovation. Integrity. Professionalism. Flexibility. Responsiveness. | | Country | US United States | | State | California California | | County | Orange | | Type | Council-Manager | | Mayor | Sukhee Kang | | City Council | Beth Krom
Larry Agran
Steven Choi
Christina Shea | | City Manager | Sean Joyce | | Total Area | 69.7 sq mi (180.5 km2) | | Land Area | 69.4 sq mi (179.7 km2) | | Water Area | 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) | | Elevation | 45 ft (13.7 m) | | Total Population | 217686 (January 1, 2010) | | Density (pop.) | 1211.386/km2 (3137.5/sq mi) | | Time zone | PST (UTC-8) | | - Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | | ZIP code | 92602, 92603, 92604, 92606, 92612, 92614, 92616, 92617, 92618, 92619, 92620, 92623, 92697, 92709, 92710 | | Area code | 714/949 | | FIPS code | 06-36770 | | GNIS feature ID | 1660804 |
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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 45 square mile (115 km2) city has a population of about 217,686 as of January 1, 2010. 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 planned to be converted into the Orange County Great Park.
Because of its good schools, jobs and housing, the city was chosen in 2008 by CNNMoney.com as the fourth best place to live in the United States. In June 2009, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported that Irvine had the lowest violent crime rate among cities in the United States with populations of more than 100,000, and in August 2008 the Census Bureau ranked Irvine as having the seventh highest median income among cities in the United States with populations of more than 65,000.
Irvine is home to the University of California, Irvine (UCI), Concordia University, Irvine Valley College, the Orange County Center of the University of Southern California (USC), and the satellite campuses of Alliant International University, California State University Fullerton (CSUF), University of La Verne and Pepperdine University.
Irvine is home to a number of corporations, particularly in the technology and semiconductor sectors.
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