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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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: “Grand Lyon”, “Greater Lyon”, and “Metropolis of Lyon”
- Neighbors: Greater Lyon and Isère
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon and Stade de Gerland.
Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Museum
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The Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon is a municipal museum of fine arts in the French city of Lyon. Located near the Place des Terreaux, it is housed in a former Benedictine convent which was active during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Stade de Gerland
Stadium
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The Stade de Gerland is a stadium in the city of Lyon, France, which serves as home to Top 14 rugby club Lyon OU. It has a seating capacity of 35,029. Situated in the Gerland quarter, it was used by French professional football club Olympique Lyonnais, who moved to the newly constructed Parc Olympique Lyonnais in 2016.
Gare de Lyon-Perrache
Railway station
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Lyon–Perrache or simply Perrache is a large railway station located in the Perrache quarter, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France. Historically the primary railway station in Lyon, today it is the city's second-busiest station, after the newer Lyon-Part-Dieu station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lyon and 3rd arrondissement of Lyon.
Lyon
Lyon is the capital of the French administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. A city of half a million, Lyon alone is the country's third-largest city, but its metropolitan area is only second in population to Paris.
3rd arrondissement of Lyon
Suburb
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The 3rd arrondissement of Lyon is one of the nine arrondissements of the City of Lyon.
8th arrondissement of Lyon
Suburb
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The 8th arrondissement of Lyon is one of the 9 arrondissements of Lyon.
Lyon Metropolis
- Categories: territorial collectivity of France with special status and metropolis
- Location: Greater Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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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: “Böyük Lion”
- 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: “大里昂地區”
- Chinese: “皮埃尔贝尼特城市圈公共社区”
- Chinese: “里昂大都会”
- Czech: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Dimli (individual language): “Métropole de Lyon”
- Dutch: “Grand Lyon”
- Dutch: “Metropole de Lyon”
- Dutch: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Dutch: “Metropool Lyon”
- Esperanto: “Metropolo Liono”
- French: “69M”
- French: “Grand Lyon”
- French: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Galician: “metrópole de Lión”
- German: “Métropole de Lyon”
- German: “Metropole Lyon”
- Greek: “Γκραν Λιόν”
- Greek: “Μητρόπολη της Λυών”
- Hebrew: “גראן ליון”
- 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”
- Korean: “리옹 대도시권”
- Latin: “metropolis Lugdunensis”
- Latin: “Metropolis Lugdunensis”
- Latvian: “Lionas metropole”
- Limburgan: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Luxembourgish: “Metropol Lyon”
- Macedonian: “Голем Лион”
- 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: “Большой Лион”
- Russian: “Лионская метрополия”
- Russian: “метрополия Лиона”
- Scots: “Metropolis o Lyon”
- Slovak: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Slovenian: “Metropola Lyon”
- Spanish: “Metropoli de Lyon”
- Spanish: “Metrópoli de Lyon”
- Swedish: “Métropole de Lyon”
- Turkish: “Büyük Lyon”
- Turkish: “Grand 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
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Abbaye Saint-Pierre and Museum of Fine Arts Lyon.
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