André Orban's Home Page

Welcome to my web site

I live in Brussels, the Capital of Belgium and of Europe, and I work as a chemical engineer at the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC). You will find more about me here!

From 1993 to 1998, I was living in Ferney-Voltaire (France, near the Swiss border) and I worked for the United Nations in Geneva (Switzerland). The city of Ferney-Voltaire didn't have a web site: I therefore developed a guide to this city. I have also created one for a French village that bears my name: Orban, near Albi (Tarn), and for a Spanish village with the same name: Orban in Galicia.

One of my hobbies is aviation, and particularly commercial airliners. Another hobby of mine is photography. Finally, I am interested in the roots of my family and in the etymology of my surname.

Owing to all my centres of interest, my site has 7 main parts:

Ferney-Voltaire, its castle and its businesses: a guide to the city of Ferney-Voltaire (France). I created the site, but now it has been taken over by the city.
Orban, near Albi: a nice little French village close to the famous "Gorges du Tarn" (in French)
Orban, near Orense: a little Spanish village in Galicia (in French)
The Chemical Industry and the United Nations: what the United Nations does in relation with chemistry and the chemical industry
Commercial Airliners: pictures of commercial airliners and links to my preferred airlines
Photography: some nice pictures from all over the world, including those of models Tina Jo Orban and Sarah Orbanic
The Orban's: etymology, history and origins of my surname; the Orbans in the world.

I also invite you to see my wife's website, Teresa's Home Page, which contains a large section on her maiden name Stepien

Another page lists my favourite links in fields not related to the ones above.

And finally, you are invited to post to my blog.

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Want to join an interesting discussion forum for Belgians? Check this link: Carabistouille, whose symbol is the butterfly hereunder.

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