Lyon
Sign in to saveLyon (Franco-Provençal: Liyon; formerly Lyons in English) is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, and southwest of Geneva, Switzerland.
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Lyon is a major city in France located where the Rhône and Saône rivers meet, positioned between Paris to the northwest and Marseille to the south. Its central location in southeastern France, near the Alps and close to Switzerland, has made it an important geographical hub.
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39 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Ancient Lyon
- Modern Lyon
- Geography
- Climate
- Administration
- Commune
- Mayors
- Metropolis
- Presidents of the Metropolitan Council
- Main sights
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages and Renaissance
- 17th and 18th centuries
- 19th century and modern city
- Museums
- Parks and gardens
- Economy
- Culture
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Gastronomy
- Sport
- Street art
- Demographics
- Foreign-born
- Education
- Universities and tertiary education
- Primary and secondary schools
- Supplementary education
- Transport
- Maps
- International relations
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: Liyon; formerly Lyons in English) is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, and southwest of Geneva, Switzerland.
The City of Lyon is the third-largest city in France with a population of 520,774 at the January 2022 census within its small municipal territory of , but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Lyon metropolitan area had a population of 2,327,861 that same year, the second largest in France. Lyon and 58 suburban municipalities have formed since 2015 the Metropolis of Lyon, a directly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of most urban issues, with a population of 1,433,613 in 2022. Lyon is the prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and seat of the Departmental Council of Rhône (whose jurisdiction, however, no longer extends over the Metropolis of Lyon since 2015).