Saône
The Saône is a river in eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department and joining the Rhône in Lyon, at the southern end of the Presqu'île.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river of France
- Also known as: “La Saône Rivière” and “Saone”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aquarium du Grand Lyon and École normale supérieure de Lyon.
Aquarium du Grand Lyon
Public aquarium
Photo: Zopeuse, Public domain.
The Aquarium de Lyon is a public aquarium located in the La Mulatière district of the city of Lyon, France, near the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers in the Rhône department.
École normale supérieure de Lyon
University
Photo: SashiRolls, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The École normale supérieure de Lyon is a French grande école located in the city of Lyon. It is one of the four prestigious écoles normales supérieures in France.
Musée des Confluences
Museum
Photo: Fred Romero, CC BY 2.0.
The Musée des Confluences is a science centre and anthropology museum which opened on 20 December 2014, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France. In May 2011, the Musée des Confluences, while still under construction, received the designation “Musée de France” from the Ministry of Culture and Communication.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Mulatière and La Confluence.
La Mulatière
Village
Photo: Frachet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Mulatière is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, central-eastern France. It is located just southwest of Lyon, on the right bank of the Saône; it is the final commune until its confluence with the Rhône at the southern end of Lyon's Presqu'île.
Oullins
Town
Photo: MairieOullins, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oullins is a former commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is a suburb of the city of Lyon, and is adjacent to it on the southwest.
Saône
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Greater Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Saône” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Saône”
- Arabic: “نهر السون”
- Aragonese: “Río Saona”
- Armenian: “Սոն”
- Arpitan: “Sona”
- Asturian: “Ríu Saône”
- Azerbaijani: “Sona”
- Basque: “Saona”
- Belarusian: “Сона”
- Breton: “Saône”
- Bulgarian: “Сона”
- Catalan: “Saona”
- Chinese: “桑恩河”
- Chinese: “索恩河”
- Chuvash: “Сона”
- Czech: “Saôna”
- Dimli (individual language): “Saône”
- Dutch: “Saone”
- Dutch: “Saône”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ساون”
- Esperanto: “Saône”
- Estonian: “Saône”
- Finnish: “Saône”
- French: “Saône”
- Galician: “Río Saona, río Ródano”
- Galician: “Río Saona”
- Georgian: “სონა”
- German: “Saône”
- Greek: “Σον”
- Hebrew: “סון”
- Hungarian: “Saône”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Saône”
- Irish: “Saône”
- Italian: “Saona”
- Japanese: “ソーヌ川”
- Kazakh: “Сона”
- Korean: “손강”
- Latin: “Arar”
- Latin: “Sauconna”
- Latvian: “Sona”
- Lithuanian: “Sona”
- Luxembourgish: “Saône”
- Macedonian: “Сона”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saône”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saône”
- Norwegian: “Saône”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Sòna”
- Ossetian: “Сонæ”
- Persian: “سون”
- Piemontese: “Saône (fium)”
- Piemontese: “Saône”
- Polish: “Saona”
- Portuguese: “Rio Saône”
- Romanian: “Saône”
- Romansh: “Saône”
- Russian: “Сона”
- Scots: “Saône”
- Serbian: “Саона”
- Serbian: “Сона”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Saône”
- Slovak: “Saôna”
- Slovenian: “Saona”
- South Azerbaijani: “سون چایی”
- Spanish: “rio Saona”
- Spanish: “río Saona”
- Spanish: “Río Saona”
- Spanish: “rio Saone”
- Spanish: “río Saône”
- Spanish: “Saona”
- Spanish: “Saone”
- Spanish: “Saône”
- Swahili: “Mto Saône”
- Swedish: “Saône”
- Swiss German: “Saône”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำโซน”
- Tosk Albanian: “Saône”
- Turkish: “Saône”
- Ukrainian: “Сона”
- Venetian: “Fiume Saona”
- Vietnamese: “Saône”
- Welsh: “Afon Saône”
- Western Frisian: “Saône”
- Wu Chinese: “淞河”
- Yue Chinese: “桑恩河”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as La Mulatière and Chassagnes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Place Docteurs Charles et Christophe Mérieux and Stade de Gerland.
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