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Lyon
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Tap, Lyon, wi the auld ceety in the foregrund. Centre, the Pont Bonaparte, at nicht, an the Pont Lafayette. Bottom, the Place Bellecour, wi the Basilica o Oor Lady an the Tour Metal in the backgrund.
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Motto(s):
Avant, avant, Lion le melhor.
(
Franco-Provencal
: Forward, forward, Lyon the best)
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Location within Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region
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Coordinates:
45°45′35″N
4°50′32″E
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45.7597°N 4.8422°E
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45.7597; 4.8422
Coordinates
:
45°45′35″N
4°50′32″E
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45.7597°N 4.8422°E
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45.7597; 4.8422
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Kintra
| Fraunce
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Region
| Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes
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Metropolis
| Metropolis of Lyon
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Arrondissement
| Lyon
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Canton
| chief toun o 14 cantons
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Intercommunality
| Urban Commonty
o Lyon
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Subdivisions
| 9
arrondissements
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Govrenment
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? Mayor
(2014?2020)
| Gerard Collomb
(
PS
)
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Area
1
| 47.95 km
2
(18.51 sq mi)
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? Metro
(2010)
| 6018.62 km
2
(2,323.80 sq mi)
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Population
| 513,275
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? Rank
| 3rd in Fraunce
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? Density
| 11,000/km
2
(28,000/sq mi)
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Metro
(2012)
| 2,237,676
[2]
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Time zone
| UTC+1
(CET
(GMT +1)
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? Summer (
DST
)
| UTC+2
(
CEST
)
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INSEE
/Postal code
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Elevation
| 162?305 m (531?1,001 ft)
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Website
| lyon.fr
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1
French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries.
2
Population withoot dooble coontin
: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.
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Lyon
(
French pronunciation:
[lj??]
(
listen
)
;
Arpitan
:
Liyon
,
IPA:
[?j??]
;
Inglis:
/liː??n/
or anglicised as
Lyons
/?la?.?nz/
), is a ceety in east-central
France
in the
Rhone-Alpes
region
, situatit atween
Paris
an
Marseille
. Lyon is locatit at 470 km (292 mi) frae Paris, 320 km (199 mi) frae Marseille, 160 km (99 mi) frae
Geneva
, 280 km (174 mi) frae
Turin
, an 600 km (373 mi) frae
Barcelona
. The woners o the ceety are cawed
Lyonnais
(singular an plural).
The ceety o Lyon haes 480,660 indwallers.
[1]
Thegither wi its suburbs and satellite towns, Lyon forms the seicont-lairgest metropolitan aurie in Fraunce efter that o Paris, wi the population o its urban aurie estimatit tae be 1,422,331 an that o its metropolitan aurie 1,757,180.
[3]
[4]
Its urban region represents hauf o the
Rhone-Alpes
region
population wi 2.9 million inhabitants.
[5]
Lyon is the caipital o this region, as well as the caipital o the smawer
Rhone
departement
.
Lyon haes a lang cultural influence on Fraunce an the warld. The ceety is kent for its historical an architectural landmarks an is a
UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
. Lyon wis historically kent as an important aurie for the production an weavin o
silk
an in modren times haes developed a reputation as the caipital o
gastronomy
in Fraunce. It haes a significant role in the
history o cinema
due tae
Auguste an Louis Lumiere
. The local professional fitbaa team,
Olympique Lyonnais
, haes increased the profile o Lyon internaitionally throu participation in
European fitbaa championships
.
Economically, Lyon is a major centre for bankin an forby the chemical, pharmaceutical, an biotech industries. The ceety contains a significant software industry wi a particular focus on video gemmes, an in recent years haes focussed on a growin local stairt-up sector.
[6]
Lyon hosts the internaitional heidquarters o
Interpol
,
Euronews
an
International Agency for Research on Cancer
.
Twin touns ? Sister ceeties
[
eedit
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eedit soorce
]
Lyon is
twinned
wi:
[7]
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