The 4th arrondissement of Lyon is one of the nine

arrondissements An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements' ...

of the City of

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

History

The 4th arrondissement of Lyon was created on 24 March 1852 (date of creation of the first five arrondissements), with the same borders of the old town of

La Croix-Rousse La Croix-Rousse is a hill high in the city of Lyon, France, as well as the name of a neighborhood located on this hill. The neighborhood is divided into les pentes (slopes, belonging to the city's 1st arrondissement) and le plateau (atop the hi ...

. Dominique Bolliet ( PS) is currently the mayor of this arrondissement.

Geography and equipments

Area and demography

* * 2006 : 34 302 inhabitants *

Relative density Relative density, or specific gravity, is the ratio of the density (mass of a unit volume) of a substance to the density of a given reference material. Specific gravity for liquids is nearly always measured with respect to water at its densest ...

Quarters

* Plateau de la Croix-Rousse * Serin-Gillet * Gros Caillou

Streets and squares

* Place de la Croix-Rousse *

Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse is a boulevard that marks the border between the 1st and the 4th arrondissements of Lyon, in the neighborhood Croix-Rousse. Location The boulevard runs east–west and is the border between the 1st and 4th arrondissements and the neighborh ...

* Grande Rue de la Croix-Rousse * Boulevard des Canuts * Rue Hénon * Montée de la Boucle * Esplanade du Gros Caillou *

Parc de la Cerisaie The parc de la Cerisaie (''Park of the Cherry Orchard'') is an urban park in the Croix-Rousse 4th arrondissement of Lyon, France. It is partially situated on a slope, leading from the plateau of the Croix-Rousse down towards the river Saône. H ...

* Parc Francis Popy * Parc du Clos Carret *

Rue d'Austerlitz The Rue d'Austerlitz is a street in the 4th arrondissement of Lyon, in La Croix-Rousse quarter. It begins on the rue du Mail, at the corner of Place de la Croix-Rousse, crosses the rue du Pavilion, the rue de Belfort and the rue Aimé Boussange, ...

Rue Dumenge The Rue Dumenge is a street located in the 4th arrondissement of Lyon, in the quarter of La Croix-Rousse. It begins on the rue du Mail, crosses the rue du Pavillon and the rue de Belfort and ends on the rue Dumont-d'Urville. The street is served b ...

Animation

Sportive equipments

* Stade Grégory Coupet * le Clos Jouve (Haut lieu de la Boule Lyonnaise)

Monuments and buildings

* Statue de Jacquard *

Jardin Rosa Mir The Jardin Rosa Mir (English: Rosa Mir Garden) is a garden located in the center of La Croix-Rousse quarter in the 4th arrondissement of Lyon, and created by Jules Senis. It is housed in a courtyard of the building at No. 83 Grande Rue de la Croix ...

* Villa Gillet * Maison Brunet * Sculpture ''Le Chant des Canuts'', a 1984 statue made by Georges Salendre, and installed in a square near the city hall

Art

* Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse * Maison des Canuts

Events

* Every day except Monday, the market in

(a bio market on Saturday morning), located along the boulevard de la Croix-Rousse, on nearly 1 km * Every Saturday and Sunday morning, the

town crier A town crier, also called a bellman, is an officer of a royal court or public authority who makes public pronouncements as required. Duties and functions The town crier was used to make public announcements in the streets. Criers often dress ...

* Every year in September, the harvest of the République des

Canut The canuts () were Lyonnais silk workers, often working on Jacquard looms. They were primarily found in the Croix-Rousse neighbourhood of Lyon in the 19th century. Although the term generally refers to Lyonnais silk workers, silk workers in the ...

s (

) * Every year in October and November, the chestnuts vogue * During the second weekend of September, the Grande Braderie, located the Grande Rue and the Place de la Croix-Rousse

Transports

This zone is served by : * Metro line * Buses : 2, 33, 45, 61 * Trolleys : 6, 13, 18

References

External links

Official website
{{Arrondissements of Lyon