Centre: Parc de la Tête d'Or, Confluence district and the Vieux Lyon.
Bottom: Pont Lafayette, Part-Dieu district with the
Place Bellecour
Place Bellecour in
foreground during Festival of Lights.
Flag
Coat of arms
Motto(s): Avant, avant, Lion le melhor.
(Old Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward,
Lyon
Lyon the best)[nb 1]
Lyon
Location within
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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 (2017–2020)
Georges Képénékian
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Georges Képénékian (PS)
Area1
47.87 km2 (18.48 sq mi)
• Metro (2010)
6,018.62 km2 (2,323.80 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2014[1])2
506,615
• Rank
3rd in France
• Density
11,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi)
• Metro (2014)
2,265,375[2]
(2nd in France)
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.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes
(e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
Lyon
Lyon (UK: /ˈliːɒ̃/,[3] US: /liˈɒ̃/;
French: [ljɔ̃] ( listen), locally [lijɔ̃];
Arpitan: Liyon [ʎjɔ̃]), also known in
British English
British English as Lyons
(/ˈlaɪənz/), is the third-largest city of France. It is located in
the country's east-central part at the confluence of the rivers Rhône
and Saône,[4] about 470 km (292 mi) south from Paris,
320 km (199 mi) north from
Marseille
Marseille and 55 km
(34 mi) east from Saint-Étienne. Inhabitants of the city are
called Lyonnais.
Lyon
Lyon had a population of 513,275 in 2015.[1] It is the capital of the
Metropolis of Lyon
Metropolis of Lyon and the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The Lyon
metropolitan area had a population of 2,265,375 in 2014, the
second-largest urban area in France.[2] The city is known for its
cuisine and gastronomy, and historical and architectural landmarks;
part of it is a registered as a
UNESCO
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UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Lyon
Lyon was
historically an important area for the production and weaving of silk.
Lyon
Lyon played a significant role in the history of cinema: it is where
Auguste and Louis Lumière
Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinematograph. It is also
known for its light festival, the Fête des Lumières, which begins
every 8 December and lasts for four days, earning
Lyon
Lyon the title of
Capital of Lights.
Economically,
Lyon
Lyon is a major centre for banking, as well as for the
chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries. The city contains a
significant software industry with a particular focus on video games,
and in recent years has fostered a growing local start-up sector.[5]
Lyon
Lyon hosts the international headquarters of Interpol, Euronews, and
the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Lyon
Lyon was ranked 19th
globally and second in
France
France for innovation in 2014.[6] It ranked
second in
France
France and 39th globally in Mercer's 2015 liveability
rankings.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Ancient Lyon
1.2 Modern Lyon
2 Geography
2.1 Climate
3 Administration
3.1 Mayors
4 Culture
4.1
UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage Site
4.2 Gastronomy
4.3 Sport
4.4 Street art
5 Economy
6 Demographics
7 Main sights
7.1 Antiquity
7.2 Middle Ages and Renaissance
7.3 17th and 18th centuries
7.4 19th century and modern city
7.5 Museums
7.6 Parks and gardens
8 Education
8.1 Universities and tertiary education
8.2 Primary and secondary schools
8.3 Supplementary education
9 Transport
10 International relations
10.1 Sister cities
11 Gallery
12 See also
13 Notes
14 References
15 External links
History[edit]
Main articles:
History of Lyon
History of Lyon and Timeline of Lyon
Ancient Lyon[edit]
Main article: Lugdunum
According to the historian Dio Cassius, in 43 BC, the Roman Senate
ordered the creation of a settlement for Roman refugees of war with
the Allobroges. These refugees had been expelled from
Vienne
Vienne and were
now encamped at the confluence of the
Saône
Saône and
Rhône
Rhône rivers. The
foundation was built on
Fourvière
Fourvière hill and officially called Colonia
Copia Felix Munatia, a name invoking prosperity and the blessing of
the gods. The city became increasingly referred to as
Lugdunum
Lugdunum (and
occasionally Lugudunum[7]).[8] The earliest translation of this
Gaulish place-name as "Desired Mountain" is offered by the 9th-century
Endlicher Glossary.[9] In contrast, some modern scholars have proposed
a Gaulish hill-fort named Lug[o]dunon, after the Celtic god Lugus
('Light', cognate with Old Irish Lugh, Modern Irish Lú), and dúnon
(hill-fort).
The Roman-era Theatre on the
Fourvière
Fourvière hill
The Romans recognised that Lugdunum's strategic location at the
convergence of two navigable rivers made it a natural communications
hub. The city became the starting point of the principal Roman roads
in the area, and it quickly became the capital of the province, Gallia
Lugdunensis. Two emperors were born in this city: Claudius, whose
speech is preserved in the
Lyon Tablet
Lyon Tablet in which he justifies the
nomination of Gallic senators, and Caracalla.
Early Christians
Early Christians in
Lyon
Lyon were martyred for their beliefs under the
reigns of various Roman emperors, most notably
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius and
Septimius Severus. Local saints from this period include Blandina,
Pothinus, and Epipodius, among others. In the second century AD, the
great Christian bishop of
Lyon
Lyon was the Easterner, Irenaeus.[10] To
this day, the archbishop of
Lyon
Lyon is still referred to as "Primat des
Gaules".[11]
Burgundians
Burgundians fleeing the destruction of Worms by the
Huns
Huns in 437 were
re-settled at Lugdunum. In 443 the Romans established the Kingdom of
the Burgundians, and
Lugdunum
Lugdunum became its capital in 461. In 843, by
the Treaty of Verdun,
Lyon
Lyon went to the
Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I.
It later was made part of the Kingdom of Arles.
Lyon
Lyon did not come
under French control until the 14th century.
Modern Lyon[edit]
Fernand Braudel remarked, "Historians of
Lyon
Lyon are not sufficiently
aware of the bi-polarity between
Paris
Paris and Lyon, which is a constant
structure in French development...from the late Middle Ages to the
Industrial Revolution".[12] In the late 15th century, the fairs
introduced by Italian merchants made
Lyon
Lyon the economic counting house
of France. Even the Bourse (treasury), built in 1749, resembled a
public bazaar where accounts were settled in the open air. When
international banking moved to Genoa, then Amsterdam,
Lyon
Lyon remained
the banking centre of France.
During the Renaissance, the city's development was driven by the silk
trade, which strengthened its ties to Italy. Italian influence on
Lyon's architecture is still visible among historic buildings.[13] In
the later 1400s and 1500s
Lyon
Lyon was also a key centre of literary
activity and book publishing, both of French writers (such as Maurice
Scève, Antoine Heroet, and Louise Labé) and of Italians in exile
(such as
Luigi Alamanni
Luigi Alamanni and Gian Giorgio Trissino).
Lyon
Lyon under siege in 1793
In 1572,
Lyon
Lyon was a scene of mass violence by Catholics against
Protestant Huguenots in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. Two
centuries later,
Lyon
Lyon was again convulsed by violence when, during the
French Revolution, the citizenry rose up against the National
Convention and supported the Girondins. The city was besieged by
Revolutionary armies for over two months before surrendering in
October 1793. Many buildings were destroyed, especially around the
Place Bellecour, while
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois and Joseph Fouché
administered the execution of more than 2,000 people. The Convention
ordered that its name be changed to "Liberated City" and a plaque was
erected that proclaimed" "Lyons made war on Liberty; Lyons no longer
exists." A decade later,
Napoleon
Napoleon ordered the reconstruction of all
the buildings demolished during this period.
The city became an important industrial town during the 19th century.
In 1831 and 1834, the canuts (silk workers) of
Lyon
Lyon staged two major
uprisings for better working conditions and pay. In 1862, the first of
Lyon's extensive network of funicular railways began operation.
During World War II,
Lyon
Lyon was a centre for the occupying Nazi forces,
including Klaus Barbie, the infamous "Butcher of Lyon". But the city
was as well a stronghold of the
French Resistance
French Resistance – the many secret
passages known as traboules enabled people to escape
Gestapo
Gestapo raids. On
3 September 1944,
Lyon
Lyon was liberated by the 1st Free French Division
and the Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur. The city is now home to a
resistance museum.[14][15]
Geography[edit]
The
Rhône
Rhône and
Saône
Saône converge to the south of the historic city
centre forming a peninsula – the "Presqu'île" – bounded by two
large hills to the west and north and a large plain eastward. Place
Bellecour is located on the Presqu'île between the two rivers and is
the third-largest public square in France. The broad, pedestrian-only
Rue de la République leads north from Place Bellecour.
The northern hill is La Croix-Rousse, known as "the hill that works"
because it is traditionally home to many small silk workshops, an
industry for which the city has long been renowned.[16]
The western hill is the Fourvière, known as "the hill that prays"
because it is the location for the basilica of Notre-Dame de
Fourvière, several convents, and the residence of the Archbishop. The
district, Vieux Lyon, also hosts the Tour métallique (a highly
visible TV tower, replicating the last stage of the Eiffel Tower) and
one of the city's funicular railways.[17] Fourvière, along with
portions of the Presqu'île and much of La Croix-Rousse, is designated
as a
UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage Site.[18]
East of the
Rhône
Rhône from the Presqu'île is a large flat area upon
which sits much of modern
Lyon
Lyon and contains most of the city's
population. Situated in this area is the urban centre of La Part-Dieu
which clusters the landmark structures Tour Part-Dieu, Tour Oxygène,
and Tour Swiss Life, as well as the city's primary railway station,
Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu.
North of this district is the sixth arrondissement, which is home to
one of Europe's largest urban parks, the Parc de la Tête d'or, as
well as
Lycée du Parc
Lycée du Parc and Interpol's world headquarters.
Panorama of the inner city of Lyon, taken from the basilica of
Notre-Dame de Fourvière's roof
Climate[edit]
Lyon
Lyon has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa), albeit having some
characteristics of the oceanic climate (Cfb). The mean temperature in
Lyon
Lyon in the coldest month is 3.2 °C (37.8 °F) in January
and in the warmest month in July is 22 °C (71.6 °F), hence
maintaining its subtropical classification.
Precipitation
Precipitation is adequate
year-round, at an average of 830 mm (32.7 in), but the
winter months are the driest. The highest recorded temperature is
40.5 °C (104.9 °F) on 13 August 2003 while the lowest
recorded temperature is −24.6 °C (−12.3 °F) on 22
December 1938.[19]
Climate data for
Lyon
Lyon (Bron) 1981–2010 averages, extremes
1920–present
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
19.1
(66.4)
21.9
(71.4)
25.7
(78.3)
30.1
(86.2)
34.2
(93.6)
38.4
(101.1)
39.8
(103.6)
40.5
(104.9)
35.8
(96.4)
28.4
(83.1)
23.0
(73.4)
20.2
(68.4)
40.5
(104.9)
Average high °C (°F)
6.4
(43.5)
8.4
(47.1)
13.0
(55.4)
16.3
(61.3)
20.8
(69.4)
24.6
(76.3)
27.7
(81.9)
27.2
(81)
22.7
(72.9)
17.4
(63.3)
10.8
(51.4)
7.1
(44.8)
16.9
(62.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)
3.4
(38.1)
4.8
(40.6)
8.4
(47.1)
11.4
(52.5)
15.8
(60.4)
19.4
(66.9)
22.1
(71.8)
21.6
(70.9)
17.6
(63.7)
13.4
(56.1)
7.5
(45.5)
4.3
(39.7)
12.5
(54.5)
Average low °C (°F)
0.3
(32.5)
1.1
(34)
3.8
(38.8)
6.5
(43.7)
10.7
(51.3)
14.1
(57.4)
16.6
(61.9)
16.0
(60.8)
12.5
(54.5)
9.3
(48.7)
4.3
(39.7)
1.6
(34.9)
8.1
(46.6)
Record low °C (°F)
−23.0
(−9.4)
−22.5
(−8.5)
−10.5
(13.1)
−4.4
(24.1)
−3.8
(25.2)
2.3
(36.1)
6.1
(43)
4.6
(40.3)
0.2
(32.4)
−4.5
(23.9)
−9.4
(15.1)
−24.6
(−12.3)
−24.6
(−12.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
47.2
(1.858)
44.1
(1.736)
50.4
(1.984)
74.9
(2.949)
90.8
(3.575)
75.6
(2.976)
63.7
(2.508)
62.0
(2.441)
87.5
(3.445)
98.6
(3.882)
81.9
(3.224)
55.2
(2.173)
831.9
(32.752)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
9.0
7.8
8.4
9.3
11.3
8.4
6.9
7.1
7.6
10.2
9.0
9.1
104.1
Average snowy days
5.5
3.9
2.5
1.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
4.6
19.6
Average relative humidity (%)
84
80
74
71
72
70
65
70
76
82
84
86
76.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours
73.9
101.2
170.2
190.5
221.4
254.3
283.0
252.7
194.8
129.6
75.9
54.5
2,001.9
Source #1: Météo France[20][21][22]
Source #2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity, snowy days 1961–1990)[23]
Administration[edit]
Main article: Arrondissements of Lyon
Map of the City of
Lyon
Lyon divided into 9 arrondissements
Map of the
Metropolis of Lyon
Metropolis of Lyon (the city of
Lyon
Lyon is in red)
Like
Paris
Paris and Marseille, the city of
Lyon
Lyon is divided into a number of
municipal arrondissements, each of which is identified by a number and
has its own council and town hall. Five arrondissements were
originally created in 1852, when three neighbouring communes (La
Croix-Rousse, La Guillotière, and Vaise) were annexed by Lyon.
Between 1867 and 1959, the third arrondissement (which originally
covered the whole of the Left Bank of the Rhône) was split three
times, creating a new arrondissement in each case. Then, in 1963, the
commune of Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe was annexed to Lyon's fifth
arrondissement. A year later, in 1964, the fifth was split to create
Lyon's 9th – and, to date, final – arrondissement. Within each
arrondissement, the recognisable quartiers or neighbourhoods are:
1st arrondissement: Slopes of La Croix-Rousse, Terreaux,
Martinière/St-Vincent
2nd arrondissement: Cordeliers, Bellecour, Ainay, Perrache,
Confluence, Sainte-Blandine
3rd arrondissement: Guillotière (north), Préfecture, Part-Dieu,
Villette, Dauphiné/Sans Souci, Montchat, Grange Blanche (north),
Monplaisir (north)
4th arrondissement: Plateau de la Croix-Rousse, Serin
5th arrondissement:
Vieux Lyon
Vieux Lyon (Saint-Paul, Saint-Jean,
Saint-Georges), Saint-Just, Saint-Irénée,[24] Fourvière, Point du
Jour, Ménival, Battières, Champvert (south)
6th arrondissement: Brotteaux, Bellecombe, Parc de la Tête d'or,
Cité Internationale
7th arrondissement: Guillotière (south), Jean Macé, Gerland
8th arrondissement: Monplaisir (south), Bachut, États-Unis, Grand
Trou/Moulin à Vent, Grange Blanche (south), Laënnec, Mermoz,
Monplaisir-la-Plaine
9th arrondissement: Vaise, Duchère, Rochecardon,
St-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe, Gorge de Loup, Observance, Champvert (north)
Geographically, Lyon's two main rivers, the
Saône
Saône and the Rhône,
divide the arrondissements into three groups:
To the west of the Saône, the fifth arrondissement covers the old
city (Vieux Lyon),
Fourvière
Fourvière hill and the plateau beyond. The 9th is
immediately to the north, and stretches from Gorge de Loup, through
Vaise
Vaise to the neighbouring suburbs of Écully, Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or,
Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or, Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or and
Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or.
Between the two rivers, on the Presqu'île are the second, first, and
fourth arrondissements. The second includes most of the city centre,
including Bellecour and Perrache railway station, and reaches as far
as the confluence of the two rivers. The first is directly to the
north of the second and covers part of the city centre (including the
Hôtel de Ville) and the slopes of La Croix-Rousse. To the north of
the Boulevard is the fourth arrondissement, which covers the Plateau
of La Croix-Rousse, up to its boundary with the commune of
Caluire-et-Cuire.
To the east of the Rhône, are the third, sixth, seventh, and eighth
arrondissements.
Mayors[edit]
Mayor
Term start
Term end
Party
Antoine Gailleton
1881
1900
Victor Augagneur
1900
000000001905-10-30-000030 October 1905
PRS
Édouard Herriot
000000001905-10-30-000030 October 1905
000000001940-09-20-000020 September 1940
Radical
Georges Cohendy
000000001940-09-20-000020 September 1940
1941
Nominated and dismissed by Vichy
Georges Villiers
1941
1942
Nominated and dismissed by Vichy
Pierre-Louis-André Bertrand
1942
1944
Nominated by Vichy
Justin Godart
1944
000000001945-05-18-000018 May 1945
Radical
Édouard Herriot
000000001945-05-18-000018 May 1945
000000001957-03-26-000026 March 1957
Radical
Pierre Montel, ad interim
000000001957-03-26-000026 March 1957
000000001957-04-14-000014 April 1957
Radical
Louis Pradel
000000001957-04-14-000014 April 1957
000000001976-11-27-000027 November 1976
Centre-right
Armand Tapernoux, ad interim
000000001976-11-27-000027 November 1976
000000001976-12-05-00005 December 1976
Independent
Francisque Collomb
000000001976-12-05-00005 December 1976
000000001989-03-24-000024 March 1989
UDF
Michel Noir
000000001989-03-24-000024 March 1989
000000001995-06-25-000025 June 1995
RPR
Raymond Barre
000000001995-06-25-000025 June 1995
000000002001-03-25-000025 March 2001
UDF
Gérard Collomb
000000002001-03-25-000025 March 2001
000000002017-07-17-000017 July 2017
PS
Georges Képénékian
000000002017-07-17-000017 July 2017
Incumbent
PS
Culture[edit]
Historic Site of Lyons
Lyon
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location
Urban Community of Lyon, Metropolis of Lyon, Rhône, arrondissement of
Lyon,
France
France
Coordinates
45°45′32″N 4°50′29″E / 45.7589°N 4.8414°E /
45.7589; 4.8414
Area
47.87 km2 (515,300,000 sq ft)
Criteria
Cultural: ii, iv
Reference
872
Inscription
1998 (22nd Session)
Website
www.lyon.fr
Location of Lyon
[edit on Wikidata]
Since the Middle Ages, the residents of the region have spoken several
dialects of Franco-Provençal. The
Lyonnais
Lyonnais dialect was replaced by
the French language as the importance of the city grew. However some
"frenchified"
Franco-Provençal
Franco-Provençal words can also be heard in the French
of the Lyonnais, who call their little boys and girls "gones" and
"fenottes" for example.[25]
The Lumière brothers pioneered cinema in the town in 1895. The
Institut Lumière, built as Auguste Lumiere's house, and a fascinating
piece of architecture in its own right, holds many of their first
inventions and other early cinematic and photographic artefacts.
8 December each year is marked by the Festival of Lights (la Fête des
lumières), a celebration of thanks to the Virgin Mary, who
purportedly saved the city from a deadly plague in the Middle Ages.
During the event, the local population places candles (lumignons) at
their windows and the city of
Lyon
Lyon organises impressive large-scale
light shows onto the sides of important
Lyonnais
Lyonnais monuments, such as
the mediaeval Cathédrale St-Jean.
The church of Saint Francis of Sales is famous for its large and
unaltered Cavaillé-Coll pipe organ, attracting audiences from around
the world.
The
Opéra Nouvel
Opéra Nouvel (New Opera House) is the home of the Opéra National
de Lyon. The original opera house was re-designed by the distinguished
French architect
Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel between 1985 and 1993 and is named after
him.
Lyon
Lyon is also the French capital of "trompe l'œil" walls, a very
ancient tradition. Many are to be seen around the city. This old
tradition is now finding a contemporary expression, for example in the
art of Guillaume Bottazzi.[26][27]
The Brothers of the Sacred Heart, a Roman Catholic congregation that
operates schools in Europe and North America, was founded in
Lyon
Lyon in
1821.
The
African Museum of Lyon is one of the oldest museums situated in
Lyon.[28]
The Museum of Resistance and Deportation looks at the various
individuals prominent in the Resistance movement in World War II. The
building is strongly linked to Klaus Barbie.
Lyon
Lyon sees itself as the
centre of the French resistance and many members were shot in Place
Bellecour in the town centre. The exhibition is largely a series of
mini-biographies of those involved.
The unusual project
Lyon
Lyon Dubai City, a reproduction of some districts
of
Lyon
Lyon in Dubai, is a major point for tourism in Lyon.
Lyon
Lyon is a pilot city of the
Council of Europe
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Council of Europe and the European
Commission Intercultural cities programme.
UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage Site[edit]
The Historic Site of Lyons was designated a
UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage Site
in 1998. In its designation,
UNESCO
UNESCO cited the "exceptional testimony
to the continuity of urban settlement over more than two millennia on
a site of great commercial and strategic significance."[18] The
specific regions comprising the Historic Site include the Roman
district and Fourvière, the
Renaissance
Renaissance district (Vieux Lyon), the
silk district (slopes of Croix-Rousse), and the Presqu'île, which
features architecture from the 12th century to modern times.[29] Both
Vieux Lyon
Vieux Lyon and the slopes of Croix-Rousse are known for their narrow
passageways (named traboules) that pass through buildings and link
streets on either side. The first examples of traboules are thought to
have been built in
Lyon
Lyon in the 4th century.[30] The traboules allowed
the inhabitants to get from their homes to the
Saône
Saône quickly and
allowed the canuts on the Croix-Rousse hill to get from their
workshops to the textile merchants at the foot of the hill.
Gastronomy[edit]
Main article: Lyonnaise cuisine
Lyon
Lyon has a long and chronicled culinary arts tradition. The noted food
critic
Curnonsky
Curnonsky referred to the city as "the gastronomic capital of
the world",[31] a claim repeated by later writers such as Bill
Buford.[32] Renowned 3-star Michelin chefs such as Marie Bourgeois[33]
and Eugénie Brazier[34] developed
Lyonnaise cuisine
Lyonnaise cuisine into a national
phenomenon favoured by the French elite; a tradition which Paul Bocuse
later turned into a worldwide success.[35]
The bouchon is a traditional
Lyonnais
Lyonnais restaurant that serves local
fare such as sausages, duck pâté or roast pork, along with local
wines. Two of France's best known wine-growing regions are located
near the city: the Beaujolais region to the north and the Côtes du
Rhône
Rhône region to the south. Another
Lyon
Lyon tradition is a type of brunch
food called "mâchons", made of local charcuterie and usually
accompanied by Beaujolais red wine. Mâchons were the customary meal
of the canuts, the city's silk workers, who ate a late-morning meal
after they finished their shifts in the factories.[36]
Other traditional local dishes include coq au vin; quenelle; gras
double; salade lyonnaise (lettuce with bacon, croûtons and a poached
egg); and the sausage-based rosette lyonnaise and andouillette.
Popular local confections include marron glacé and coussin de Lyon.
Cervelle de canut
Cervelle de canut (literally, "silk worker's brains") is a cheese
spread/dip made of a base of fromage blanc, seasoned with chopped
herbs, shallots, salt, pepper, olive oil and vinegar.
Sport[edit]
Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Lyon
Lyon is home to the football club Olympique
Lyonnais
Lyonnais (OL), whose men's
team plays in
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 and has won the championship of that competition
seven times, all consecutively from 2002 to 2008).[37] OL played until
December 2015 at the 43,000-seat Stade de Gerland, which also hosted
matches of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Since 2016, the team has played at
the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, a 59,000-seat stadium located in the
eastern suburb of Décines-Charpieu.[38] OL operates a women's team,
Olympique
Lyonnais
Lyonnais Féminin, which competes in and dominates Division
1 Féminine. They are on a streak of 11 top-flight championships
(2007–present), and additionally claim the four titles won by the
original incarnation of FC Lyon, a women's football club that merged
into OL in 2004 (the current FC
Lyon
Lyon was founded in 2009). The OL
women have also won the
UEFA Women's Champions League
UEFA Women's Champions League four times,
including the two most recent editions in 2016 and 2017.
Lyon
Lyon has a rugby union team,
Lyon
Lyon OU, in the Top 14, which moved into
Stade de Gerland
Stade de Gerland full-time in 2017–18. In addition,
Lyon
Lyon has a rugby
league side called
Lyon Villeurbanne
Lyon Villeurbanne that plays in the French rugby
league championship. The club's home is the Stade Georges Lyvet in
Villeurbanne.
Lyon
Lyon is also home to the
Lyon
Lyon Hockey Club, an ice hockey team that
competes in France's national ice hockey league. The Patinoire
Charlemagne is the seat of Club des Sports de Glace de Lyon, the club
of Olympic ice dancing champions
Marina Anissina
Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat,
and world champions
Isabelle Delobel
Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Shoenfelder.[39]
Villeurbanne
Villeurbanne also has a basketball team, ASVEL, that plays at the
Astroballe arena.
Street art[edit]
Since 2000, Birdy Kids, a group of graffiti artists from the city, has
decorated several random buildings and walls along the
Lyon
Lyon ring road.
In 2012, the artist collective has been chosen to represent the city
as its cultural ambassadors.[40]
Economy[edit]
La Part-Dieu, the city's central business district
The GDP of
Lyon
Lyon was 74 billion euro in 2012,[41] and it's the
second richest city in
France
France after Paris.
Lyon
Lyon and its region
Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes represent one of the most important economies in Europe
and, according to Loughborough University, can be compared to
Philadelphia, Mumbai or Athens with regard to its international
position. The city of
Lyon
Lyon is working in partnership to more easily
enable the establishment of new headquarters in the territory (ADERLY,
Chambre du commerce et d'industrie, Grand Lyon...). High-tech
industries such as biotechnology, software development, video game
(Arkane Studios; Ivory Tower; Eden Games; EA France; Bandai Namco
Entertainment Europe), and internet services are also growing. Other
important sectors include medical research and technology, non-profit
institutions, and universities.
Lyon
Lyon is home to the P4-Inserm–ean
Merieux Laboratory which conducts top-level vaccine research.[42]
The city is home to the headquarters of many large companies such as
Groupe SEB, Sanofi Pasteur, Renault Trucks, Norbert Dentressangle, LCL
S.A., Descours & Cabaud, Merial, Point S, BioMérieux, Iveco Bus,
Compagnie Nationale du Rhône, GL Events, April Group, Boiron, Feu
Vert, Panzani, Babolat, Euronews,
Lyon
Lyon Airports, LVL Medical, and
inter-governmental agencies IARC, Interpol. The specialisation of some
sectors of activities has led to the creation of many main business
centres: La Part-Dieu, located in the 3rd arrondissement is the second
biggest business quarter after
La Défense
La Défense in
Paris
Paris with over
1,600,000 m2 (17,222,256.67 sq ft) of office space and
services and more than 55,000 jobs.[43] Cité Internationale, created
by the architect
Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano is located in the border of the Parc de
la Tête d'Or in the 6th arrondissement. The worldwide headquarters of
Interpol
Interpol is located there. The district of Confluence, in the south of
the historic centre, is a new pole of economical and cultural
development.
Tourism is an important part of the
Lyon
Lyon economy, with one billion
euros in 2007 and 3.5 million hotel-nights in 2006 provided by
non-residents. Approximately 60% of tourists visit for business, with
the rest for leisure. In January 2009,
Lyon
Lyon ranked first in
France
France for
hostels business. The festivals most important for attracting tourists
are the Fête des lumières, the Nuits de
Fourvière
Fourvière every summer, the
Biennale d'art contemporain and the Nuits Sonores.
Demographics[edit]
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June
2017)
The population of the city of
Lyon
Lyon proper was 491,268 at the January
2011 census,[1] 14% of whom were born outside Metropolitan France.[44]
Main sights[edit]
Antiquity[edit]
Lyon
Lyon in the background with
Fourvière
Fourvière on the left
The Roman ruins on the hillside near the
Fourvière
Fourvière Basilica with the
Ancient Theatre of Fourvière, the
Odeon of Lyon
Odeon of Lyon and the accompanying
Gallo-Roman Museum;
Amphitheatre of the Three Gauls, Roman ruins of an amphitheatre.
Middle Ages and Renaissance[edit]
Cathedral of St. John
Cathedral of St. John, a mediaeval church with architectural elements
of the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, also the principal religious
structure in the city and the seat of the
Archbishop
Archbishop of Lyon;
Basilica of St-Martin-d'Ainay, one of the rare surviving Romanesque
basilica-style churches in Lyon;
Église Saint-Paul, Romanesque (12th and 13th century) and Gothic
(15th–16th century) church;
Église Saint-Bonaventure, 14th- and 15th-century Gothic church;
Église Saint-Nizier, Gothic church from the 15th century, having a
doorway carved in the 16th century by Philibert Delorme;
Vieux Lyon
Vieux Lyon (English: Old Lyon) area, Mediaeval and
Renaissance
Renaissance quarter
of the town, with shops, dining and cobbled streets;
The many
Renaissance
Renaissance hôtels particuliers of the Old
Lyon
Lyon quarter,
such as the Hôtel de Bullioud, were also built by Philibert Delorme.
17th and 18th centuries[edit]
City Hall towering over the Place des Terreaux
City Hall on the Place des Terreaux, built by architects Jules
Hardouin-Mansart and Robert de Cotte;
Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon, fine arts museum housed in a former
convent of the 17th century, including the Baroque chapelle
Saint-Pierre;
Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon
Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon (17th and 18th century), historical hospital with
a baroque chapel;
Temple du Change
Temple du Change (17th and 18th century), former stock exchange of
Lyon, Protestant temple since the 18th century;
Place Bellecour, one of the largest town squares in Europe;
Chapelle de la Trinité
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Chapelle de la Trinité (1622), the first Baroque chapel built in
Lyon, and part of the former École de la Trinité, now
Collège-lycée Ampère;
Église Saint-Polycarpe
Église Saint-Polycarpe (1665–1670), Classical church;
Église Saint-Just (16th to 18th century), Classical church;
Saint-Bruno des Chartreux
Saint-Bruno des Chartreux (17th and 18th century), church, masterpiece
of Baroque architecture;
Église Notre Dame Saint-Vincent
Église Notre Dame Saint-Vincent (18th century), Neo-classical church.
19th century and modern city[edit]
Overview on
Lyon
Lyon during Fête des Lumières
Opéra Nouvel
Opéra Nouvel (1831), renovated in 1993 by Jean Nouvel;
Théâtre des Célestins
Théâtre des Célestins (1877), designed by Gaspard André;
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, large 19th-century basilica on
the top of
Fourvière
Fourvière Hill;
Tour métallique de
Fourvière
Fourvière (1894);
La Mouche Cattle Market and Abbatoir (1914, 1928), designed by Tony
Garnier;
Sainte Marie de La Tourette
Sainte Marie de La Tourette monastery (1960) designed by Le Corbusier;
Saint-Exupéry International Airport (formerly Satolas Airport),
designed by Guillaume Gilbert;
Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry
Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry (1994) by Santiago Calatrava;
Palais des congrès de Lyon
Palais des congrès de Lyon (1998), designed by
Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano and a
group of buildings for various functions;
Tour du Crédit Lyonnais;
Tour Oxygène;
Tour Incity.
Museums[edit]
Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon
Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon (Fine Arts Museum), main museum of the
city and one of the largest art galleries in France. Housed in the
"Palais Saint Pierre", a former 17th-century convent, it displays a
major collection of paintings by artists (including Tintoretto; Paolo
Veronese; Nicolas Poussin; Rubens; Rembrandt; Zurbaran; Canaletto;
Delacroix; Monet; Gauguin; Van Gogh; Cézanne; Matisse; Picasso;
Francis Bacon...); collections of sculptures, drawings and printings,
decorative arts, Roman and Greek antiquities; the second largest
collection of Egyptian antiquities in
France
France after that of the Louvre;
and a medal cabinet of 50.000 medals and coins.
The Gallo-Roman Museum displaying many valuable objects and artworks
found on the site of Roman
Lyon
Lyon (Lugdunum) such as Circus Games
Mosaic,
Coligny calendar
Coligny calendar and the Taurobolic Altar;
African Museum of Lyon;
Centre d'histoire de la résistance et de la déportation;
Musée des Confluences, new museum of sciences and anthropology which
opened its doors on 20 December 2014.
La Sucrière, contemporary art centre;
Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon
Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon houses the "Musée des Hospices Civils", a
permanent exhibit tracing the history and practice of medicine from
the Middle Ages to modern times;
Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs, decorative arts and textile
museum. It holds one of the world's largest textile collections with
2,500,000 works;
Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, contemporary art museum;
Musée Gadagne, museum of the history of
Lyon
Lyon housed in a historic
building in Vieux Lyon. Also includes a large collection of
marionnettes;
Musée des Automates, museum of automated puppets in Vieux Lyon, open
since 1991.
Parks and gardens[edit]
Main article: Parks in Lyon
The lake in the Parc de la Tête d'or
Parc de la Tête d'or, (literally, Golden Head Park), in central Lyon
is the largest urban park in
France
France at 117 hectares. Located in the
6th arrondissement, it features a large lake on which boating takes
place during the summer months.
Jardin botanique de Lyon
Jardin botanique de Lyon (8 hectares), included in the Parc de la
Tête d'Or, is a municipal botanical garden and is open weekdays
without charge. The garden was established in 1857 as a successor to
earlier botanical gardens dating to 1796, and now describes itself as
France's largest municipal botanical garden.
Parc de Gerland, in the south of the city (80 hectares);
Parc des hauteurs, in Fourvières;
Parc de Miribel-Jonage (2200 hectares);
Parc de Lacroix-Laval
Parc de Lacroix-Laval (115 hectares);
Parc de Parilly
Parc de Parilly (178 hectares).
Education[edit]
Universities and tertiary education[edit]
Université Lumière
École Centrale de Lyon;
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
EM
Lyon
Lyon (École de Management de Lyon);
ECE
Lyon
Lyon (École de Commerce Européenne de Lyon);
Institut d'études politiques de Lyon
Institut d'études politiques de Lyon (Sciences Po Lyon);
CPE Lyon;
ECAM
Lyon
Lyon (École Catholique d'Arts et Métiers de Lyon);
EPITECH;
EPITA;
ENTPE (École Nationale des Travaux Publiques de l'État);
ESME-Sudria;
École des Beaux-Arts;
E-Artsup;
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de
Lyon
Lyon (located in
Villeurbanne);
Polytech
Lyon
Lyon located in Villeurbanne;
Institut supérieur européen de gestion group;
ISARA (Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture
Rhône
Rhône Alpes);
Institution des Chartreux;
Université Claude Bernard (
Lyon
Lyon 1);
Université Lumière (
Lyon
Lyon 2);
Université Jean Moulin (
Lyon
Lyon 3);
IAE (Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Lyon);
Catholic University of Lyon;
ESDES Business School;
IDRAC (International School of Management);
Wesford Graduate Business School;
IFAG (Business Management School);
Institut supérieur européen de formation par l'action;
Le Lycée du Parc;
La Martiniere Lyon;
Web@cademie;
CEESO (Centre Européen d'Enseignement Supérieur de l'Ostéopathie);
Bellecour, Ecoles D'Arts.
Primary and secondary schools[edit]
There are some international private schools in the
Lyon
Lyon area,
including:
Cité Scolaire Internationale de Lyon
Cité Scolaire Internationale de Lyon or the Lycée de Gerland;
Includes the Section Japonaises
(リヨン・ジェルラン補習授業校 Riyon Jeruran Hoshū
Jugyō Kō "
Lyon
Lyon Gerland Japanese Supplementary School"), which the
Japanese Ministry of Education
Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) counts as a part-time Japanese
supplementary school[45]
Ombrosa;
International School of Lyon in nearby Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon;
Montessori School of Lyon.
Supplementary education[edit]
Other Japanese supplementary schools:
The Association Pour le Developpement de la Langue et de la Culture
Japonaises (ADLCJ; リヨン補習授業校 Riyon Hoshū Jugyō Kō)
is held in the Maison Berty Albrecht in Villeurbanne, near Lyon.[45]
It was formed in 1987.[46] It serves Japanese expatriate children who
wish to continue their Japanese education whilst abroad.
Transport[edit]
Further information:
Lyon
Lyon Metro,
Lyon
Lyon tramway, Trolleybuses in Lyon,
Buses in Lyon, Transport in Rhône-Alpes, and TER
Rhône
Rhône Alpes
Network of highways around Lyon
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, located east of Lyon, serves as a base
for domestic and international flights. It is a key transport facility
for the entire
Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes region, with coach links to other cities
in the area. The in-house train station Gare de
Lyon
Lyon Saint-Exupéry
connects the airport to the nationwide
TGV
TGV network. The Rhônexpress
tram monopoly links the airport with the business quarter of La Part
Dieu in less than 30 minutes, and offers connections with Underground
A, Tramway T1, T3 & T4, and bus lines.
Lyon
Lyon public transport
Sytrail offers no service despite a bus service operating to a nearby
suburb. The regular price of public transport is €1.90, as opposed
to €15 one way for the Rhonexpress. In the suburb of Bron, the
smaller Lyon-
Bron
Bron Airport provides an alternative for domestic
aviation.
Lyon
Lyon has two major railway stations:
Lyon
Lyon Part-Dieu, which was built
to accommodate the TGV, and
Lyon
Lyon Perrache, an older station that now
provides mostly regional service. Smaller railway stations include
Gorge-de-Loup, Vaise, Vénissieux, Saint-Paul and Jean Macé.
Lyon
Lyon was
the first city to be connected to
Paris
Paris by the
TGV
TGV in 1981. Since that
time the
TGV
TGV train network has expanded and links
Lyon
Lyon directly to
Perpignan, Toulouse, Nice, Marseille, Strasbourg,
Nantes
Nantes and Lille.
International trains operate directly to Madrid, Barcelona, Milan,
Turin, Geneva, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Brussels and London.
The city is at the heart of a dense road network and is located at the
meeting point of several highways: A6 (to Paris); A7 (to Marseille);
A42 (to Geneva); and A43 (to Grenoble). The city is now bypassed by
the A46. A double motorway tunnel passes under Fourvière, connecting
the A6 and the A7 autoroutes, both forming the "Autoroute du Soleil".
Lyon
Lyon is served by the
Eurolines
Eurolines intercity coach organisation. Its Lyon
terminal is located at the city's Perrache railway station, which
serves as an intermodal transportation hub that also includes
tramways, local and regional trains and buses, the terminus of Metro
line A, of the Tramway T2, the bicycle service Vélo'v, and taxis.
Public transport map
The
Transports en commun lyonnais
Transports en commun lyonnais (TCL), Lyon's public transit system,
consisting of metro, tramways and buses, serves 62 communes of the
Lyon
Lyon metropolis. The network has four lines ( A
B C D ), 42 stations, and runs with
a frequency of up to a train every 2 minutes. There are five
Lyon
Lyon tram
lines ( T1 T2 T3 T4 T5) since April 2009:
T1 from Debourg in the south to IUT-Feyssine in the north, Tram T2
from Perrache railway station in the south-west to Saint-Priest in the
south-east, Tram T3 from Part-Dieu to Meyzieu, Tram T4 from 'Hôptial
Feyzin Venissieux' to Gaston Berger. Tram T5 from Grange Blanche, in
the south-east to Eurexpo in the south-wast. The
Lyon
Lyon bus network
consists of the
Lyon
Lyon trolleybus system, motorbuses, and coaches for
areas outside the centre. There are also two funicular lines from
Vieux Lyon
Vieux Lyon to Saint-Just and Fourvière. The ticketing system is
relatively simple as the city has only one public transport operator,
the SYTRAL.
The public transit system has been complemented since 2005 by Vélo'v,
a bicycle network providing a low-cost service where bicycles can be
hired and returned at any of 340 stations throughout the city.
Borrowing a bicycle for less than 30 minutes is free. Free rental time
can be extended for another 30 minutes at any station.
Lyon
Lyon was the
first city in
France
France to introduce this bicycle renting system. In 2011
the Auto'lib car rental service was introduced; it works much the same
way as the Velo'v but for cars.
The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit
in
Lyon
Lyon on a weekday is 45 minutes. The average amount of time people
wait at a stop or station for public transit is 11 min, while 17% of
riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average
distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is
4.7 km, while 4% travel for over 12 km in a single direction. [47]
International relations[edit]
Lyon
Lyon is a pilot city of the
Council of Europe
Council of Europe and the European
Commission "Intercultural cities" program.[48]
Sister cities[edit]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France
Lyon
Lyon is twinned with:[49]
Aleppo, Syria[49]
Beersheba, Israel[49]
Beirut,
Lebanon
Lebanon [49][50]
Birmingham, United Kingdom, since 1951[49][51][52]
Craiova, Romania, since 1992[49]
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, since 1960[49][53]
Guangzhou, China, since 1988[49][54]
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, since 1997[49][55]
Leipzig, Germany, since 1981[49][56]
Łódź, Poland, since 1991[49][57]
Milan, Italy, since 1966[49][58]
Minsk, Belarus, since 1976[49][59]
Montréal, Canada, since 1979[49]
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso[49]
Pécs, Hungary[49]
Saint Petersburg, Russia, since 1993[49][60]
St. Louis, United States, since 1975[49]
Turin, Italy[49][61]
Yerevan, Armenia, since 1992[49][62]
Yokohama, Japan, since 1959[49][63]
Gallery[edit]
The lion, symbol of the city, is a common sight in Lyon:
A lion door knocker in Lyon
The Lion Place Sathonay
The lion at Maison des Avocats
A real lion in the Parc de la Tête d'or
The lion on the seal of Lyon
Other images :
The théâtre des Célestins.
The théâtre gallo-romain.
Mullioned windows,
Renaissance
Renaissance house, climb the Great Coast
Maison des avocats in the Vieux Lyon
The Tour Rose in the Vieux Lyon
Parc de la Tête d'or
Belltower of Charity
Nave of Church of Saint-Bruno des Chartreux
Faculties and the University Bridge
The Rhône, Pont Lafayette
Lyon
Lyon from
Fourvière
Fourvière hill, October 2015
See also[edit]
Geography portal
Europe portal
European Union portal
France
France portal
Lyon
Lyon portal
Gallia Lugdunensis
List of movies set in Lyon
List of people from Lyon
List of streets and squares in Lyon
Notes[edit]
^ A war cry from 1269, in modern
Franco-Provençal
Franco-Provençal this is spelt:
Avant, Avant, Liyon lo mèlyor.
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Saint-Laurent-de-Mure
Saint-Loup
Saint-Mamert
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Les Sauvages
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Sérézin-du-Rhône
Simandres
Soucieu-en-Jarrest
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Souzy
Taluyers
Taponas
Tarare
Ternand
Ternay
Theizé
Thizy-les-Bourgs
Thurins
Toussieu
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Trèves
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Bourg-en-Bresse
Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain)
Laon
Laon (Aisne)
Moulins (Allier)
Digne-les-Bains
Digne-les-Bains (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
Gap (Hautes-Alpes)
Nice
Nice (Alpes-Maritimes)
Privas
Privas (Ardèche)
Charleville-Mézières
Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes)
Foix
Foix (Ariège)
Troyes
Troyes (Aube)
Carcassonne
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Carcassonne (Aude)
Rodez
Rodez (Aveyron)
Marseille
Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône)
Caen
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Caen (Calvados)
Aurillac
Aurillac (Cantal)
Angoulême
Angoulême (Charente)
La Rochelle
La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)
Bourges
Bourges (Cher)
Tulle
Tulle (Corrèze)
Ajaccio
Ajaccio (Corse-du-Sud)
Bastia
Bastia (Haute-Corse)
Dijon
Dijon (Côte-d'Or)
Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d'Armor)
Guéret
Guéret (Creuse)
Périgueux
Périgueux (Dordogne)
Besançon
Besançon (Doubs)
Valence (Drôme)
Évreux
Évreux (Eure)
Chartres
Chartres (Eure-et-Loir)
Quimper
Quimper (Finistère)
Nîmes
Nîmes (Gard)
Toulouse
Toulouse (Haute-Garonne)
Auch
Auch (Gers)
Bordeaux
Bordeaux (Gironde)
Montpellier
Montpellier (Hérault)
Rennes
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Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine)
Châteauroux
Châteauroux (Indre)
Tours
Tours (Indre-et-Loire)
Grenoble
Grenoble (Isère)
Lons-le-Saunier
Lons-le-Saunier (Jura)
Mont-de-Marsan
Mont-de-Marsan (Landes)
Blois
Blois (Loir-et-Cher)
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (Loire)
Le Puy-en-Velay
Le Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire)
Nantes
Nantes (Loire-Atlantique)
Orléans
Orléans (Loiret)
Cahors
Cahors (Lot)
Agen
Agen (Lot-et-Garonne)
Mende (Lozère)
Angers
Angers (Maine-et-Loire)
Saint-Lô
Saint-Lô (Manche)
Châlons-en-Champagne
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Châlons-en-Champagne (Marne)
Chaumont (Haute-Marne)
Laval (Mayenne)
Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Bar-le-Duc
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Metz
Metz (Moselle)
Nevers
Nevers (Nièvre)
Lille
Lille (Nord)
Beauvais
Beauvais (Oise)
Alençon
Alençon (Orne)
Arras
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Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme)
Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Tarbes
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Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées)
Perpignan
Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales)
Strasbourg
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Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)
Colmar
Colmar (Haut-Rhin)
Lyon
Lyon (Rhône)
Vesoul
Vesoul (Haute-Saône)
Mâcon
Mâcon (Saône-et-Loire)
Le Mans
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Le Mans (Sarthe)
Chambéry
Chambéry (Savoie)
Annecy
Annecy (Haute-Savoie)
Paris
Paris (Paris)
Rouen
Rouen (Seine-Maritime)
Melun
Melun (Seine-et-Marne)
Versailles (Yvelines)
Niort
Niort (Deux-Sèvres)
Amiens
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Amiens (Somme)
Albi
Albi (Tarn)
Montauban
Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne)
Toulon
Toulon (Var)
Avignon
Avignon (Vaucluse)
La Roche-sur-Yon
La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée)
Poitiers
Poitiers (Vienne)
Limoges
Limoges (Haute-Vienne)
Épinal
Épinal (Vosges)
Auxerre
Auxerre (Yonne)
Belfort
Belfort (Territoire de Belfort)
Évry (Essonne)
Nanterre
Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine)
Bobigny
Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis)
Créteil
Créteil (Val-de-Marne)
Cergy,
Pontoise
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Pontoise (Val-d'Oise)
Overseas departments
Basse-Terre
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)
Fort-de-
France
France (Martinique)
Cayenne
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Cayenne (French Guiana)
Saint-Denis (Réunion)
Mamoudzou
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Mamoudzou (Mayotte)
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Metropolitan France
Lyon
Lyon (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
Dijon
Dijon (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
Rennes
Rennes (Brittany)
Orléans
Orléans (Centre-Val de Loire)
Ajaccio
Ajaccio (Corsica)
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (Grand Est)
Lille
Lille (Hauts-de-France)
Paris
Paris (Île-de-France)
Rouen
Rouen (Normandy)
Bordeaux
Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
Toulouse
Toulouse (Occitanie)
Nantes
Nantes (Pays de la Loire)
Marseille
Marseille (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
Overseas regions
Cayenne
Cayenne (French Guiana)
Basse-Terre
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)
Fort-de-
France
France (Martinique)
Mamoudzou
Mamoudzou (Mayotte)
Saint-Denis (Réunion)
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World Heritage Sites in France
Île-de-France
Palace and Park of Versailles
Fontainebleau Palace and Park
Paris: Banks of the Seine
Provins
Parisian basin
Amiens
Amiens Cathedral
Belfries of Belgium and France1
Bourges
Bourges Cathedral
Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars
Chartres
Chartres Cathedral
Climats and terroirs of Burgundy
Reims: Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Abbey of Saint-Remi, Palace of Tau
Abbey of Fontenay
Le Havre
Vézelay Church and hill
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Belfries of Belgium and France1
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
East
Great Saltworks of
Salins-les-Bains
Salins-les-Bains and Royal Saltworks of
Arc-et-Senans
Nancy: Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance
Strasbourg: Grande Île, Neustadt
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps3
West
Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe
Mont Saint-Michel
Mont Saint-Michel and its bay
South West
Episcopal city, Albi
Port of the Moon, Bordeaux
Prehistoric sites and decorated caves of the Vézère valley
Pyrénées – Mont Perdu2
Saint-Émilion
Centre East
Chauvet Cave
Lyon
Mediterranean
Roman and Romanesque monuments, Arles
Carcassonne
Carcassonne citadel
Gulf of Porto: Calanches de Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble,
Avignon
Avignon Bridge
Pont du Gard
Orange: Roman Theatre and environs, Triumphal Arch
Multiple regions
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
Canal du Midi
Fortifications of Vauban
Loire Valley
Loire Valley between
Sully-sur-Loire
Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
Overseas departments
and territories
Lagoons of New Caledonia
Pitons, cirques and remparts of Réunion
Taputapuātea
1Shared locally with other region/s and with Belgium
2Shared with Spain
3Shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland
Authority control
WorldCat Identities
VIAF: 253278548
LCCN: n81086849
GND: 4036770-8
BNF: cb15272211b (data)
HDS: 6595
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