Saône

The Saône is a river in eastern . It is a right tributary of the , rising at in the department and joining the Rhône in , at the southern end of the Presqu'île.
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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.

Public aquarium
Photo: Zopeuse, Public domain.
The Aquarium de Lyon is a public aquarium located in the district of the city of , France, near the confluence of the and Saône rivers in the .

University
The is a French grande école located in the city of . It is one of the four prestigious écoles normales supérieures in France.

Museum
The is a science centre and anthropology museum which opened on 20 December 2014, in the , France. In May 2011, the , 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.

Village
is a commune in the in the region, central-eastern . It is located just southwest of , on the right bank of the Saône; it is the final commune until its confluence with the at the southern end of Lyon's Presqu'île.

Suburb
is a suburb.

Town
is a former commune in the in region in eastern . It is a suburb of the city of , and is adjacent to it on the southwest.

Saône

Latitude
45.72826° or 45° 43′ 42″ north
Longitude
4.81742° or 4° 49′ 3″ east
Elevation
164 metres (538 feet)
Open location code
8FQ6PRH8+8X
Geo­Names ID
2976083
Wiki­data ID
Q187834
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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

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Place Docteurs Charles et Christophe Mérieux and Stade de Gerland.

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