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The Urban Community of Lyon (French: Communauté urbaine de Lyon), also known as Grand Lyon (i.e. "Greater Lyon") or by its former acronym COURLY, is the former intercommunal structure gathering the city of Lyon and some of its suburbs. It was created in January 1969. [1] The Metropolis of Lyon replaced the Urban Community on 1 January 2015.
The Rue Royale (French pronunciation: [ʁy ʁwajal]) is a street located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon and was the main street of the quarter when it was created. It starts between the Place Servetus and the Rue de Provence and ends by joining the Grande Rue des Feuillants.
Réseau Express de l'Aire métropolitaine Lyonnaise (or Real) is a project that consists in improving and unifying some railways lines in the Lyon metropolitan area. It is said to be a "RER à la lyonnaise" ("RER in the style of Lyon", referencing the Réseau Express Régional or RER in Paris and the wider Île-de-France ).
Cité Internationale (French pronunciation: [site ɛ̃tɛʁnɑsjɔnal]; "International City") is a quarter in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon, France.It is situated between the Rhône and Parc de la Tête d'Or and encompasses an area that had previously been the location of the Foire de Lyon.
The nine arrondissements of Lyon Arrondissements of Lyon The 6th arrondissement of Lyon ( French : 6 e arrondissement de Lyon ) is one of the nine arrondissements of the City of Lyon .
In 1984, the Lyon Fair was moved from its original location upstream of the quays of the Rhône near Parc de la Tete d'Or to Chassieu to become the Eurexpo.The vacant land was used to build Cité Internationale, which includes the Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, cinemas, an auditorium, the Palais des congrès de Lyon and the global headquarters of Interpol.
Unlike the case in either a communauté d'agglomération or communauté de communes, communes cannot leave a communauté urbaine freely. As of April 2018, there are 11 communautés urbaines in France (all in metropolitan France), with a combined population of 2.43 million inhabitants (as of 2015, in 2018 limits).
It is a focus of the city's shopping streets: four major streets (two of them pedestrianised) start here: the Rue de la République, leading to the Hôtel de Ville and the Opéra Nouvel; the Rue Victor-Hugo and the Rue du Plat both lead to Perrache; and the Rue du Président-Édouard-Herriot, with a concentration of luxury shops and leading to ...