Bron () is a commune in the

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, eastern France.

Geography

Bron lies east-southeast of central

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. It is the sixth-largest

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of the city of

, and is adjacent to its east side.

Climate

History

The earliest traces of life in Bron can be found in the cemetery and date from 71 BC. The town as it is today did not take shape until approximately 1812. In mid-August 1944, prisoners from Montluc prison were taken to Bron Airfield where 109 of them, including 72 Jews, were killed in the , which would become known as ''Le Charnier de Bron'' ("The

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of Bron"). Bron was spared much of the damage caused by the riots in many of France's suburbs in the 1990s, such as in

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and

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Administration

The municipal council is composed of 43 members elected for a six-year term. The mayor are elected by the councilors.

Sights

The Fort de Bron, erected between 1872 and 1876, is part of the second belt of fortifications around Lyon.

Population

Transport

Bron is served by the following TCL (Lyon

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) services: * Metro ** Line D (Gare de Vaise to Gare de

) – served by 2 stations ( and ) located on the boundary with Lyon. *

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** Line T2 ( Perrache to Saint-Priest Bel-Air) – served by 8 stations. ** Line T5 (Grange-Blanche to Parc du Chêne, continuing to Eurexpo on exhibition days) – served by 7 stations. * Bus ** C8 (Grange Blanche – Vaulx-en-Velin Résistance) ** C9 (Bellecour Antoine Poncet – Hôpitaux Est) ** C15 (Laurent Bonnevay – Bachut Mairie du 8e) ** C17 (Charpennes – Laurent Bonnevay) ** 24 (Bachut – Bron – Sept Chemins) ** 25 (Cordeliers – Gare Part-Dieu – Montchat – Sept Chemins) ** 26 (Bachut – Bron Aéroport – Manissieux) ** 52 (Parilly Université Hippodrome – Vaulx-En-Velin La Grappinière) ** 64 (Laurent Bonnevay – La Soie – Bron Droits de l'Homme) ** 68 (Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie – Chassieu – Azieu) ** 78 (Mermoz-Pinel – Parc du Chêne – Sept Chemins) ** 79 (Grange Blanche – Bron – Décines or Chassieu) ** 81 (Laurent Bonnevay – Bron – Porte des Alpes) ** 82 ( Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie – Bron – La Borelle) ** 93 (Hôpital Feyzin

– Porte des Alpes / Parc Technologique) ** Zi7 (Vaulx-En-Velin La Soie – Bron Droits De L'Homme) Bron Airport
Lyon-Bron Airport (technically located in the communes of Chassieu and Saint-Priest) has existed since 1920, although much of its commercial activity was diverted to Satolas ( Saint-Exupéry International Airport), Lyon's main

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, in 1975.

Education

Bron is home to part of the University of Lyon 2. The Bron campus is located on the south-eastern edge of the town, close to the Parc de Parilly and Saint-Priest.

Notable residents

* Arthur Rozenfeld (born 1995), basketball player in the

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, football player for Al-Ittihad

Twin towns

Bron is twinned with: * Cumbernauld, Scotland, United Kingdom * Grimma, Germany * Weingarten, Germany * Talavera de la Reina, Spain

References

External links

Official website

History of Bron
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