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Lyon
Lyon
Commune
	Flag Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Metropolis	Lyon Metropolis
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Lyon
Government
• Mayor (2018-)	Gerard Collomb (La République En Marche!)
Elevation	162−349 m (531−1,145 ft)
Population
• Estimate (January 2016)	513,001
• Metro	2,265,000

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Lyon (Arpitan: Liyon) is a city in the southeast of France. It is the third-largest city in the country (behind Paris and Marseille), with about 513,000 people living there in 2015. It is the second largest metropolis, or metro area, in France (behind only that of Paris), with about 2.3 million people in 2014.

In ancient history, the name of Lyon was Lugdunum.^[1] Someone who lives in Lyon is called a Lyonnais (male) or a Lyonnaise (female) in French.

Lyon has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Koeppen climate classification). It is between the Rhône and the Saône. It is about 150 kilometres (93 mi) west of the Italian border.

The central part of Lyon, located on the peninsula between the Rhône and the Saône, was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.^[2]

Famous people from Lyon

The Lumière Brothers who created cinema
Paul Bocuse, a world renowned chef

Sports

Famous sports clubs from Lyon are:

Olympique Lyonnais: The local football team that plays in Ligue 1
ASVEL: The local basketball team
LOU: (Lyon Olympique Universitaire) The local rugby team

Education

References

↑ "Lugdunum (Lyon) - Livius". www.livius.org. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
↑ "Historic Site of Lyon". UNESCO. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

Other websites

Media related to Lyon at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Lugdunum (Lyon) - Livius". www.livius.org. Retrieved 2024-11-14.

[wh-2] "Historic Site of Lyon". UNESCO. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

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+{{Infobox settlement
-[[File:Flag of Lyon.png|thumb|Lyon's [[flag]]]]
+| name                     = Lyon
+| image_shield             = Blason Ville fr Lyon.svg
+| leader_party             = [[La République En Marche!]]
+| subdivision_name3        = [[Arrondissement of Lyon]]
+| subdivision_type3        = [[Arrondissements of France|Arrondissement]]
+| subdivision_name2        = [[Lyon Metropolis]]
+| subdivision_type2        = [[Territorial collectivity|Metropolis]]
+| subdivision_name1        = [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]]
+| subdivision_type1        = [[Regions of France|Region]]
+| subdivision_name         = [[France]]
+| subdivision_type         = [[List of countries|Country]]
+| flag_size                = 200
+| official_name            =
+| elevation_ft             = 531-1,145
+| elevation_m              = 162-349
+| pop_est_as_of            = January 2016
+| population_est           = 513,001
+| leader_name              = [[Gerard Collomb]]
+| leader_title             = Mayor (2018-)
+| parts_type               = [[arrondissements]]
+| image_flag               = Flag of Lyon, France.svg
+| settlement_type          = [[Commune]]
+| population_metro         = 2,265,000
+}}
+[[File:Lyon-Paysages.jpg|thumb|Lyon]]
 [[File:Lyon dot.png|thumb|Location of Lyon in France]]
 [[File:Lyon griffon 01.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Place Du Griffon, Lyon, France'']]
-'''Lyon''' (English '''Lyons''') is a [[city]] in the south-east of [[France]]. Today it is the second largest [[agglomeration|''metropolis'', or metro area]] in France. [[Paris]] is the largest. [[Marseille]] is the third largest. In 2005, about 472,000 people lived in Lyon intra muros, about 4,115,000 in the urban area.
+'''Lyon''' ([[Arpitan]]: ''Liyon'') is a [[city]] in the southeast of [[France]]. It is the third-largest city in the country (behind [[Paris]] and [[Marseille]]), with about 513,000 people living there in 2015. It is the second largest [[agglomeration|''metropolis'']], or metro area, in France (behind only that of Paris), with about 2.3 million people in 2014.
-In [[ancient history]], the name of Lyon was ''Lugdunum''. Someone who lives in Lyon is called a ''Lyonnais'' (male) or a ''Lyonnaise'' (female) in French.
+In [[ancient history]], the name of Lyon was ''Lugdunum''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lugdunum (Lyon) - Livius|url=https://www.livius.org/articles/place/lugdunum-lyon/|access-date=2024-11-14|website=www.livius.org}}</ref> Someone who lives in Lyon is called a ''Lyonnais'' (male) or a ''Lyonnaise'' (female) in French.
-Lyon is located between the [[Rhone]] and the [[Saône]]. It is situated about 150 [[kilometre|km]] west of the [[italy|Italian]] border.
+Lyon has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (''Cfa'' in the [[Koeppen climate classification]]). It is between the [[Rhone|Rhône]] and the [[Saône]]. It is about {{convert|150|km}} west of the [[Italy|Italian]] border.
+The central part of Lyon, located on the [[peninsula]] between the Rhône and the Saône, was named a [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]].<ref name="wh">{{cite web|title=Historic Site of Lyon|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/872|publisher=UNESCO|accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref>
 == Famous people from Lyon ==
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 == Sports ==
-Famous sports clubs from Lyon are
+Famous sports clubs from Lyon are:
-* [[Olympique Lyonnais]]: The local football team in lyon
+* [[Olympique Lyonnais]]: The local football team that plays in [[Ligue 1]]
-* [[ASVEL]]: The local BasketBall team
+* [[ASVEL Basket|ASVEL]]: The local basketball team
-* [[LOU]]: (Lyon Olympique Universitaire) The local Rugby team
+* [[Lyon OU|LOU]]: (Lyon Olympique Universitaire) The local rugby team
 == Education ==
+* [[École Centrale de Lyon]]
 * [[École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies]]
+* [[École pour l'informatique et les techniques avancées]]
 * [[École spéciale de mécanique et électricité]]
+* [[EMLYON Business School]]
 * [[E-Artsup]]
+* [[Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées]]
 * [[Institut supérieur européen de gestion group]]
 * [[Institut supérieur européen de formation par l'action]]
+* [[Sup'Biotech]]
+* [[Web@cademie]]
+==References==
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+{{reflist}}
+==Other websites==
-{{Préfectures of départements of France}}
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+{{Cities in France}}
+{{Préfectures of départements of France}}
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v t e Cities in France by population
1,000,000+	Paris
500,000+	Marseille Lyon
200,000+	Toulouse Nice Nantes Montpellier Strasbourg Bordeaux Lille Rennes
100,000+	Reims Saint-Étienne Toulon Le Havre Grenoble Dijon Angers Nîmes Saint-Denis Villeurbanne Clermont-Ferrand Le Mans Aix-en-Provence Brest Tours Amiens Limoges Annecy Perpignan Boulogne-Billancourt Orléans Metz Besançon Saint-Denis Argenteuil Rouen Montreuil Mulhouse Caen Saint-Paul Nancy
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v t e Prefectures of the regions of France
Metropolitan regions	Lyon (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Dijon (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Rennes (Brittany) Orléans (Centre-Val de Loire) Ajaccio (Corsica) Strasbourg (Grand Est) Lille (Hauts-de-France) Paris (Île-de-France) Rouen (Normandy) Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Toulouse (Occitania) Nantes (Pays de la Loire) Marseille (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
Overseas regions	Cayenne (French Guiana) Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) Fort-de-France (Martinique) Mamoudzou (Mayotte) Saint Denis (Réunion)

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