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Lyon [c] (Franco-Provençal: Liyon) is the second-largest city in France by urban area and the third largest by city limits. [14] It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of Paris, 278 km (173 mi) north of Marseille, 113 km (70 mi) southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, 58 km (36 mi) northeast of Saint-Étienne.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... City Hall. Coat of arms. ... ) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France ...
Villeurbanne is the second-largest commune in the metropolitan area of Lyon and the 20th most populated in France, and the most populous commune that is neither a prefecture nor a sub-prefecture. [3] In 2013, Villeurbanne was elected the city with the best administration of France, which attracts more and more people.
The 2nd includes most of the city centre, including Place Bellecour and Perrache railway station, and reaches as far as the confluence of the two rivers. The 1st is directly to the north of the 2nd and covers part of the city centre (including the Hôtel de Ville) and the slopes (pentes) of La Croix-Rousse, up to the Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse.
Originally, the eastern border of Rhône was the city of Lyon itself, so that the communes immediately east of Lyon belonged to neighboring departments. With the growth of Lyon and the extension of its urban area into communes such as Villeurbanne , the limits of the department were judged impractical as they left the suburbs of Lyon outside of ...
In 1964, Vieux-Lyon, the city's oldest district, became the first site in France to be protected under the Malraux law to protect France's cultural sites. Covering an area of 424 hectares between the Fourvière hill and the river Saône, [ 1 ] it is one of Europe's most extensive Renaissance neighborhoods. [ 2 ]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... eastern France. Geography. Bron lies 10 km (6.2 mi) east ... It is the sixth-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is ...