Lyon
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Top: Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Place des Terreaux with Fontaine Bartholdi and Lyon City Hall at night
Centre: Parc de la Tête d'Or, Confluence district and old city. |
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| Motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor. (Old Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) |
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Lyon
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| Coordinates: 45°46′N 4°50′E / 45.76°N 4.84°ECoordinates: 45°46′N 4°50′E / 45.76°N 4.84°E | |||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | ||
| Metropolis | Metropolis of Lyon | ||
| Arrondissement | Lyon | ||
| Subdivisions | 9 arrondissements | ||
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Gérard Collomb (PS) | ||
| Area1 | 47.87 km2 (18.48 sq mi) | ||
| • Metro (2010) | 6,018.62 km2 (2,323.80 sq mi) | ||
| Population (Jan. 2014)2 | 506,615 | ||
| • Rank | 3rd in France | ||
| • Density | 11,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro (2013) | 2,237,676 | ||
| Time zone | CET (GMT +1) (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| INSEE/Postal code | 69123 / 69001-69009 | ||
| Elevation | 162–349 m (531–1,145 ft) | ||
| Website | lyon.fr | ||
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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| Historic Site of Lyons | |
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| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
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Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière on the hill.
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| Location | France |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iv |
| Reference | 872 |
| UNESCO region | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1998 (22nd Session) |
Centre: Parc de la Tête d'Or, Confluence district and old city.
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Lyon or (more archaically) Lyons (UK /liːˈɒn/ or /ˈliːɒn/;French pronunciation: [ljɔ̃], locally: [lijɔ̃]; Arpitan: Liyon [ʎjɔ̃]) is a city in east-central France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, about 470 km (292 mi) from Paris and 320 km (199 mi) from Marseille. Inhabitants of the city are called Lyonnais.
Lyon had a population of 500,715 in 2013 and is France's third-largest city after Paris and Marseille. Lyon is the capital of the Metropolis of Lyon and the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The metropolitan area of Lyon had a population of 2,237,676 in 2013, the second-largest in France after Paris.
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