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Lyons

Lyon
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. Bottom, Pont Lafayette, Part-Dieu district with Place Bellecour in foreground during Festival of Lights.
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.

Bottom, Pont Lafayette, Part-Dieu district with Place Bellecour in foreground during Festival of Lights.
Flag of Lyon
Flag
Coat of arms of Lyon
Coat of arms
Motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor.
(Old Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best)
Lyon is located in France
Lyon
Lyon
Coordinates: 45°46′N 4°50′E / 45.76°N 4.84°E / 45.76; 4.84Coordinates: 45°46′N 4°50′E / 45.76°N 4.84°E / 45.76; 4.84
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Metropolis Metropolis of Lyon
Arrondissement Lyon
Subdivisions 9 arrondissements
Government
 • 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

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.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Historic Site of Lyons
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
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 /lˈɒn/ or /ˈlɒn/;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 506,615 in 2014 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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