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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 6th arrondissement of Lyon (French: 6 e arrondissement de Lyon) ... Rue de Créqui; Rue Duguesclin; Rue Garibaldi; Rue Tronchet; Rue de Vendôme; Monuments.
Dictionnaire historique de Lyon (in French). Lyon: STEPHANE BACHES/LES CUISINIERES. ISBN 978-2915266658. Laugraud, Pauline (2014). Gestion et fonctionnement des abattoirs, 1886-1978 (PDF) (in French). Lyon: Communauté urbaine de Lyon. Pivat-Savigny, Maria-Anne; Dufieux, Philippe (11 October 2018).
[6] Among the famous monuments and buildings in this street, there are the Buchet et Colcombet silk factory, the convent of Franciscan nuns, the school Jean Rostand, the clinical Lyon Tête d'Or, the Lycée du Parc, the gymnasium and swimming pool of the Tronchet sports complex. There are also many shops and an Armenian Catholic parish. [6
The Rue Duguesclin (or Rue Du Guesclin) is a long street in Lyon crossing directly wholly the 6th and the 3rd arrondissement, and ends in the 7th arrondissement. This 2,800-meter street starts at the Boulevard des Belges and ends on the Rue Rachais.
A communauté urbaine is composed of a city and its independent suburbs (independent communes). The first communautés urbaines were created by the French Parliament on 31 December 1966. Originally there were only four, found in the metropolitan areas of Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon and Strasbourg. Later, others were created in other metropolitan areas.
The headquarters of the city of Lyon is the same as that of the former urban community of Lyon: the building at 20 rue du Lac in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, in the district of La Part-Dieu. [7] [failed verification]
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.