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Lyon - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 History Toggle History subsection 1.1 Toponymy 1.2 Ancient Lyon 1.3 Modern Lyon 2 Geography Toggle Geography subsection 2.1 Climate 3 Administration Toggle Administration subsection 3.1 Commune 3.1.1 Mayors 3.2 Metropolis 3.2.1 Presidents of the Metropolitan Council 4 Main sights Toggle Main sights subsection 4.1 Antiquity 4.2 Middle Ages and Renaissance 4.3 17th and 18th centuries 4.4 19th century and modern city 4.5 Museums 4.6 Parks and gardens 5 Economy 6 Culture Toggle Culture subsection 6.1 UNESCO World Heritage Site 6.2 Gastronomy 6.3 Sport 6.4 Street art 7 Demographics Toggle Demographics subsection 7.1 Foreign-born 8 Education Toggle Education subsection 8.1 Universities and tertiary education 8.2 Primary and secondary schools 8.3 Supplementary education 9 Transport Toggle Transport subsection 9.1 Maps 10 International relations 11 Notable people 12 See also 13 Notes 14 References 15 Bibliography 16 External links Toggle the table of contents Lyon 163 languages Afrikaans Alemannisch አማርኛ Aragonés Ænglisc العربية مصرى Asturianu Kotava Aymar aru Azərbaycanca تۆرکجه Basa Bali Boarisch Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Беларуская Български বাংলা བོད་ཡིག Brezhoneg Bosanski Català Нохчийн Cebuano کوردی Qırımtatarca Čeština Чӑвашла Cymraeg Dansk Dagbanli Deutsch Zazaki Ελληνικά Emiliàn e rumagnòl Esperanto Español Eesti Euskara Estremeñu فارسی Suomi Na Vosa Vakaviti Français Arpetan Nordfriisk Frysk Gaeilge Gàidhlig Galego Avañe'ẽ 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 Hausa 客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî עברית हिन्दी Hrvatski Kreyòl ayisyen Magyar Հայերեն Արեւմտահայերէն Interlingua Bahasa Indonesia Interlingue Igbo Ido Íslenska Italiano 日本語 La .lojban. 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"Lyons" redirects here. For other uses, see Lyon (disambiguation) and Lyons (disambiguation). 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Unité urbaine: Lyon (00760); EPCI : Métropole de Lyon (200046977) |website=insee.fr |publisher=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]] |date=25 June 2026 |access-date=2 July 2026}}</ref>"},"metro area km2":{"wt":"4605.8"},"metro area date":{"wt":"2023<ref name=\"compterr\"/>"},"metro area pop":{"wt":"2339329"},"metro area pop date":{"wt":"2023<ref name=\"compterr\"/>"},"website":{"wt":"{{URL|https://www.lyon.fr/|lyon.fr}}"}},"i":0}}]}'>Prefecture and commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Lyon Liyon (Arpitan) Prefecture and commune Skyline of Lyon in La Part-Dieu Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière Place des Terreaux with the Fontaine Bartholdi Vieux Lyon Parc de la Tête d'or Confluence District Place Bellecour Pont Lafayette Flag Coat of arms Motto(s): Avant, avant, Lion le melhor (old Franco-Provençal for "Forward, forward, Lyon the best")[a] Virtute duce, comite fortuna ("With virtue as guide and fortune as companion")[b] Location of Lyon Lyon Location within France Show map of France Lyon Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Coordinates: 45°46′03″N 4°50′06″E / 45.7675°N 4.8350°E / 45.7675; 4.8350[[Geographic coordinate system|Coordinates]]: {{#parsoid\u0000fragment:23}}[https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lyon&params=45.7675_N_4.835_E_type:city(519127)_region:FR-ARA 45°46′03″N 4°50′06″E / 45.7675°N 4.8350°E / 45.7675; 4.8350][[Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas]]"}}'/> Country France Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Metropolis Lyon Metropolis Arrondissement Lyon Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Government • Mayor (2026–32) Grégory Doucet[2] (LE) Area1 47.87 km2 (18.48 sq mi) • Urban (2023[3]) 1,141.4 km2 (440.7 sq mi) • Metro (2023[3]) 4,605.8 km2 (1,778.3 sq mi) Population (2023)[4] 519,127 • Rank 3rd in France • Density 10,840/km2 (28,090/sq mi) • Urban (2023[3]) 1,721,721 • Urban density 1,508.4/km2 (3,906.8/sq mi) • Metro (2023[3]) 2,339,329 • Metro density 507.91/km2 (1,315.5/sq mi) Demonym Lyonnais Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) 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. Lyon{{cite LPD|3 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Lyons |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124144048/https://www.lexico.com/definition/lyons |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 January 2020 |title=Lyons |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] }}</ref> {{IPAc-en|US|l|i|ˈ|oʊ|n}} {{respell|lee|OHN}};<ref>{{cite EPD|18 }}</ref><ref name=\"MerWeb\">{{cite Merriam-Webster|Lyon|access-date=8 August 2018 }}</ref> {{IPA|fr|ljɔ̃|lang|Fr-Lyon.ogg|small=no}}; {{langx|frp|Liyon}} {{IPA|frp|ʎjɔ̃|}}; {{langx|oc|Lion}}, hist. {{lang|oc|Lionés}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=dicod'Òc - Recèrca |url=https://locongres.org/oc/aplicacions/dicodoc-oc/dicodoc-recerca?option=com_dicodoc&view=search&Itemid=168&type=fr-oc&dic%5B%5D=BASIC&dic%5B%5D=RBVD&dic%5B%5D=ALPC&dic%5B%5D=ATAU&dic%5B%5D=PROV&dic%5B%5D=PNST&dic%5B%5D=OMLH&dic%5B%5D=LAUS&dic%5B%5D=LAGA&dic%5B%5D=LEMO&q=Lyon&q2=&submit=Cercar |access-date=1 April 2022 |website=locongres.org }}</ref>"}},"i":0}}]}'>[c] (Franco-Provençal: Liyon; formerly Lyons in English)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/english/lyons |title=Lyons |work=[[Collins English Dictionary]] |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |access-date=8 August 2018 }}</ref>; [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%28Lyons+France%2F%28Lyon+France%2BLyons+France%29%29%3Aeng_gb%2C%28Lyons+France%2F%28Lyon+France%2BLyons+France%29%29%3Aeng_us&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&smoothing=10&case_insensitive=false Proportion of spelling \"Lyons\" in US and UK English, 1800-2019]"}},"i":0}}]}'>[d] is a city in France. 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