Lyon Metropolis
The Metropolis of Lyon, also known as Grand Lyon, is a French territorial collectivity in the east-central region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is a directly-elected metropolitan authority, encompassing both the city of Lyon and most of its suburbs.
- Type: Locality with 1,350,000 residents
- Description: French territorial collectivity created in 2015, exercising the competences of both a metropolis and a département
- Also known as: “69M”, “Böyük Lion”, “Büyük Lyon”, “Greater Lyon”, “Metropole de Lyon”, “Metropoli de Lyon”, “Metropolis of Lyon”, “Γκραν Λιόν”, “Большой Лион”, “Голем Лион”, “метрополия Лиона”, “גראן ליון”, “리옹 대도시권”, and “皮埃尔贝尼特城市圈公共社区”
- Neighbors: Greater Lyon and Isère
Places of Interest
Highlights: Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon and Stade de Gerland.
Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon is a municipal museum of fine arts in the French city of Lyon.
Stade de Gerland
Stadium
Photo: TwoWings, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lyon and Villeurbanne.
3rd arrondissement of Lyon
Suburb
Lyon Metropolis
- Categories: territorial collectivity of France with special status and metropolis
- Location: Greater Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.7666° or 45° 45′ 60″ north
Longitude
4.8321° or 4° 49′ 56″ east
Population
1,350,000
Elevation
186 metres (610 feet)
Open location code
8FQ6QR8J+JR
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Lyon Metropolis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة ليون الحضرية”
- Aragonese: “Metropoli de León”
- Armenian: “Լիոնի մետրոպոլիա”
- Arpitan: “Mètropola de Liyon”
- Asturian: “metrópolis de Lyon”
- Asturian: “Metrópolis de Lyon”
- Azerbaijani: “Lion metropoliyası”
- Basque: “Lyongo metropolia”
- Basque: “Lyongo Metropolia”
- Bavarian: “Métropole Lyon”
- Belarusian: “Ліёнская метраполія”
- Belarusian: “Ліёнская мэтраполія”
- Breton: “Metropol Lyon”
- Catalan: “metròpoli de Lió”
- Catalan: “Metròpoli de Lió”
- Chinese: “里昂大都会”
- Czech: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Dimli (individual language): “Métropole de Lyon”
- Dutch: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Dutch: “Metropool Lyon”
- Esperanto: “Metropolo Liono”
- French: “Grand Lyon”
- French: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Galician: “metrópole de Lión”
- Georgian: “ლიონის მეტროპოლია”
- German: “Métropole de Lyon”
- German: “Metropole Lyon”
- Greek: “Μητρόπολη της Λυών”
- Hebrew: “מטרופולין ליון”
- Hungarian: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Indonesian: “Metropolis Lyon”
- Italian: “Metropoli di Lione”
- Japanese: “メトロポール・ド・リヨン”
- Korean: “리옹 광역시”
- Latin: “metropolis Lugdunensis”
- Latin: “Metropolis Lugdunensis”
- Latvian: “Lionas metropole”
- Limburgan: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Luxembourgish: “Metropol Lyon”
- Macedonian: “Метропола Лион”
- Maltese: “Metropoli ta‘ Lyon”
- Northern Frisian: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Metropòli de Lion”
- Ossetian: “Лионы метрополи”
- Persian: “کلانشهر لیون”
- Portuguese: “metrópole de Lyon”
- Portuguese: “Metrópole de Lyon”
- Portuguese: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Romanian: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Russian: “Лионская метрополия”
- Scots: “Metropolis o Lyon”
- Slovak: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Slovenian: “Metropola Lyon”
- Spanish: “Metrópoli de Lyon”
- Swedish: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Turkish: “Lyon Metropolü”
- Uzbek: “Lion metropolisi”
- Vlaams: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Welsh: “Metropolis Lyon”
- Wu Chinese: “大里昂”
- Yue Chinese: “大里昂地區”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Lyon 01 and Bas des Pentes Presqu’île.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Artothèque de Lyon (Fermée) and Abbaye Saint-Pierre.
Greater Lyon: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Lyon and Saint-Étienne.
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