Irvine, Orange County, California, USA

Irvine is a community in Orange County, California, set within California’s Pacific-facing valleys, coastal ranges and metropolitan corridors. Irvine is a master-planned Orange County city built on former ranch lands and anchored by the University of California, Irvine. Indigenous communities, Spanish and Mexican settlement, railroads and twentieth-century growth all left their mark, and later roads broadened the community’s ties to the region. Technology, trade, education, manufacturing, agriculture and tourism shape contemporary life. Parks and established neighborhoods give Irvine a distinct sense of place.