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Map of arrondissements of the Rhône department. The two arrondissements of the Rhône department are: [1] Arrondissement of Lyon, (prefecture of the Rhône department: Lyon) with 134 communes (58 of these communes are in the Metropolis of Lyon). The population of the arrondissement was 1,637,827 in 2021.
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.
L'Arbresle (French pronunciation:) is a commune of the Rhône department, eastern France. Composer Claude Terrasse and inventor Barthélemy Thimonnier were born in L'Arbresle. Population
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 ]
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.
Condrieu (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃dʁijø] ⓘ) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhône, some 11 km (6.8 mi) south of Vienne and 44 km south of Lyon, at the foot of the lower slopes of the Mont Monnet. It has an area of 921 hectares. Its altitude ranges from 146 to 460 metres.
Francheville (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃ʃvil] ⓘ; Arpitan: Franchevéla) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, eastern France. Geography [ edit ]
The name of the commune derives from crappe, which means quagmire in Old French.. From 1800 to 1960, Craponne was the capital of the launderers of Lyon. The museum of the Craponne Laundry (opened in 2004) traces the history of launderers, washerwomen and ironers, from washing in the river Yzeron to the modern industrial laundry.