Lyon
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Coordinates: 45°45′35″N 4°50′32″E / 45.7597°N 4.8422°E
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Commune o Lyon |
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Motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor. |
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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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  Lyon
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| Time zone | CET (GMT +1) | |
| Administration | ||
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| Kintra | Fraunce | |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes | |
| Depairtment | Rhône (69) | |
| Arrondissement | Lyon | |
| Canton | chief toun o 14 cantons | |
| Subdivisions | 9 arrondissements | |
| Intercommunality | Urban Community o Lyon |
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| Mayor | Gérard Collomb (PS) (2008–2014) |
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| Statistics | ||
| Population2 | 483,181 (2008) | |
| - Ranking | 3rd in Fraunce | |
| Urban spread | ||
| Urban aurie | 954.19 km2 (368.41 sq mi) (1999) | |
| - Population | 1,422,331 (2007) | |
| Metro aurie | 3,306 km2 (1,276 sq mi) (2006) | |
| - Population | 2,118,132 (2008) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 69123/ 69001-69009 | |
| Wabsteid | lyon.fr | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an military personnel) anerlie coontit ance. | ||
Lyon (French pronunciation: [ljɔ̃] (
listen); Arpitan: Liyon, IPA: [ʎjɔ̃]; English: /liːˈɒn/ or anglicised as Lyons /ˈlaɪ.ənz/), is a ceety in east-central France in the Rhône-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.[2][3] Its urban region represents hauf o the Rhône-Alpes region population wi 2.9 million inhabitants.[4] Lyon is the caipital o this region, as well as the caipital o the smawer Rhône département.
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 Lumière. 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.[5] Lyon hosts the internaitional heidquarters o Interpol, Euronews an International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Internaitional relations [edit]
Twin touns — Sister ceeties [edit]
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References [edit]
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcommune - ↑ Résultat du rencensement de 2007. Unité urbaine : Lyon. INSEE. Retrieved on 18 November 2010. .
- ↑ Résultat du rencensement de 2007. Aire urbaine : Lyon. INSEE. Retrieved on 18 November 2010. .
- ↑ Chiffres-clés de la population. Région urbaine de lyon. Retrieved on 18 November 2010. .
- ↑ http://www.business.greaterlyon.com/city-business-support-lyon-entrepreneurship-system.85.0.html?&L=1
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 Partner Cities of Lyon and Greater Lyon. © 2008 Mairie de Lyon. Retrieved on 21 October 2008. .
- ↑ Twinning the Cities. City of Beirut. Retrieved on 17 Mairch 2009. .
- ↑ Partner Cities. Birmingham City Council. Retrieved on 17 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ Sister Cities of Guangzhou. Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office. Retrieved on 10 Februar 2010. .
- ↑ Frankfurt -Partner Cities. © 2008 Stadt Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved on 5 Dizember 2008. .
- ↑ Leipzig - International Relations. © 2009 Leipzig City Council, Office for European and International Affairs. Retrieved on 17 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ Official Yokohama City Tourism Website: Sister Cities. © Yokohama Convention & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved on 11 November 2008. .
- ↑ Twin Cities. The City of _Łódź_ Office.
(Inglis) and (Pols) © 2007 UM_. Retrieved on 23 October 2008. . - ↑ Yerevan Municipality - Sister Cities. © 2005–2009 www.yerevan.am. Retrieved on 22 Juin 2009. .
- ↑ Milano - Città Gemellate. © 2008 Municipality of Milan (Comune di Milano). Retrieved on 5 Dizember 2008. .
- ↑ Twin towns of Minsk. © 2008 The department of protocol and international relations of Minsk City Executive Committee. Retrieved on 8 Dizember 2008. .
- ↑ Montreal partner city. Lyon.fr. Retrieved on 5 Februar 2009. .
- ↑ Saint Petersburg in figures - International and Interregional Ties. Saint Petersburg City Government. Retrieved on 23 November 2008. .
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