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.
Photo: Otourly, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
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. Photo: Alorange, Public domain.
University of Lyon
University
The University of Lyon, located in Lyon and Saint-Étienne, France, is a center for higher education and research comprising 12 members and 25 associated institutions. Photo: Jejecam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Historic Site of Lyons
Historic site
The Vieux Lyon is the largest Renaissance district of Lyon. Photo: Karldupart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amphitheatre of the Three Gauls
Archaeological site
The Amphitheatre of the Three Gauls of Lugdunum was part of the Sanctuary of the Three Gauls dedicated to the cult of Rome and Augustus celebrated by the 60 Gallic tribes when they gathered at Lugdunum. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Localities in the Area
Caluire-et-Cuire
Town
Caluire et Cuire is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Photo: Klodo6975, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon
Town
Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Photo: JeanBono, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Écully
Town
Écully is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France just west of Lyon. Photo: Mouse123fr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lyon
- Type: City
- Description: commune in the metropolis of Lyon, France
- Categories: commune of France and big city
- Location: Greater Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
- Postal code: 69002
Latitude 45.7578° or 45° 45' 28.1" north | Longitude 4.832° or 4° 49' 55.2" east |
Population 501,000 | IATA airport code LYS |
United Nations Location Code FR LIO | Elevation 173 metres (568 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 20626319 | GeoNames ID 2996944 |
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Lyon
- Afar: Lyon
- Afrikaans: Lyon
- Albanian: Lion
- Amharic: ልዮን
- Arabic: Lyon
- Arabic: ليون
- Aragonese: León d'o Roine
- Aragonese: León do Roine
- Armenian: Լիոն
- Arpitan: Leyon
- Arpitan: Liyon
- Asturian: Lyon
- Aymara: Lyon
- Azerbaijani: Lion
- Bambara: Lyon
- Basque: Lyon
- Bavarian: Lyon
- Belarusian: Ліён
- Bengali: লিওঁ
- Bengali: লিয়োঁ
- Bosnian: Lyon
- Breton: Lyon
- Bulgarian: Лион
- Burmese: လီယွန်းမြို့
- Cajun French: Lyon
- Catalan: Lió
- Cebuano: Lyon
- Central Kurdish: لیۆن
- Chechen: Лион
- Chinese: Lyon
- Chinese: 里昂
- Chuvash: Лион
- Cornish: Lyon
- Corsican: Lyon
- Croatian: Lyon
- Czech: Lyon
- Danish: Lyon
- Dimli (individual language): Lyon
- Dutch: Lyon
- Egyptian Arabic: ليون
- English: Commune-Affranchie
- English: Lyons
- Esperanto: Liono
- Esperanto: Lyon
- Estonian: Lyon
- Extremaduran: Lyon
- Faroese: Lyon
- Finnish: Lyon
- French: Commune-Affranchie
- French: Lyon
- Friulian: Lyon
- Galician: Lión
- Georgian: ლიონი
- German: Lyon
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌰𐌿𐌽
- Greek: Λυών
- Gujarati: લિયોન
- Haitian: Lyon (vil)
- Haitian: Lyon
- Hakka Chinese: Lyon
- Hausa: Lyon
- Hebrew: ליון
- Hindi: ल्यों
- Hungarian: Lyon
- Icelandic: Lyon
- Ido: Lyon
- Indonesian: Lyon
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Lyon
- Interlingue: Lyon
- Irish: Lyon
- Italian: Lione
- Jamaican Creole English: Lyon
- Japanese: リヨン
- Javanese: Lyon
- Kabyle: Lyon
- Kalaallisut: Lyon
- Kannada: ಲಿಯೋನ್
- Kannada: ಲ್ಯೊ
- Kara-Kalpak: Lyon
- Kazakh: Лион
- Kirghiz: Лион
- Kongo: Lyon
- Korean: 리옹
- Kurdish: Liyon
- Ladino: Lyon
- Latin: Lugdunum
- Latvian: Liona
- Ligurian: Lion
- Limburgan: Lyon
- Lingala: Lyon
- Lithuanian: Lionas
- Lojban: lion
- Lombard: Liun
- Low German: Lyon
- Luxembourgish: Lyon
- Macedo-Romanian: Lyon
- Macedonian: Лион
- Mainfränkisch: Lyon
- Malagasy: Lyon
- Malay: Lyon
- Malayalam: ലിയോൺ
- Marathi: ल्यों
- Mazanderani: لیون
- Min Nan Chinese: Lyon
- Minangkabau: Lyon
- Mingrelian: ლიონი
- Narom: Lyon
- Neapolitan: Lione
- Nepali: लियोन
- Newari: लियोन
- Norwegian: Lyon
- Norwegian Bokmål: Lyon
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Lyon
- Occitan (post 1500): Lion
- Oriya: ଲିଓନ
- Oromo: Liyoon
- Ossetian: Лион
- Panjabi: ਲਿਓਂ
- Papiamento: Lyon
- Persian: لیون
- Picard: Lyon
- Piemontese: Lion
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Lioen
- Polish: Lyon
- Pontic: Λιόν
- Pontic: Λυών
- Portuguese: Lião
- Portuguese: Lyon
- Prussian: Lyon
- Quechua: Lyon
- Romagnol: Lyon
- Romanian: Lyon
- Romansh: Lyon
- Russian: Лион
- Sardinian: Lione
- Saterfriesisch: Liyon
- Saterfriesisch: Lyon
- Scots: Lyon
- Scottish Gaelic: Lyon
- Serbian: Lyon
- Serbian: Лион
- Serbo-Croatian: Lyon
- Sicilian: Lioni
- Silesian: Lyon
- Sinhala: ලියොන්
- Slovak: Lyon
- Slovenian: Lyon
- Somali: Lyon
- South Azerbaijani: لیون
- Spanish: Lyon
- Swahili: Lyon
- Swedish: Lyon
- Swiss German: Lyon
- Tagalog: Lyon
- Tahitian: Lyon
- Tajik: Лион
- Tamil: லியோன்
- Tatar: Лион
- Telugu: లియాన్
- Thai: ลียง
- Tibetan: ལི་ཡོང་།
- Tok Pisin: Lyon
- Tosk Albanian: Lyon
- Turkish: Lyon
- Turkmen: Lyon
- Twi: Lyon
- Uighur: Lion
- Ukrainian: Ліон
- Urdu: لیون
- Uzbek: Lion
- Venetian: Lion
- Veps: Lion
- Vietnamese: Lyon
- Vlaams: Lyon
- Volapük: Lyon
- Walloon: Lyon
- Waray (Philippines): Lyon
- Welsh: Lyon
- Western Armenian: Լիոն
- Western Frisian: Lyon
- Western Panjabi: لیون
- Wolof: Lyon
- Wu Chinese: 里昂
- Yiddish: ליאן
- Yue Chinese: 里昂
- Zeeuws: Lyon
- Zulu: Lyon
- Liòṅ
Other Places Named Lyon
- Arrondissement of LyonGreater Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- LyonGreater Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Lyon CountyKansas, United States
- LyonCounty, Nevada, United States
- LyonCounty, Minnesota, United States
- LyonCounty, Iowa, United States
In the Area
Localities
- BellecourSuburb
- AinaySuburb
- Saint-GeorgesNeighborhood
- Saint-JeanNeighborhood
- Vieux LyonSuburb
- CordeliersSuburb
Landmarks
- Place BellecourSquare
- Equestrian statue of Louis XIVWork of art
- Consulat du MexiqueGovernment office
- BellecourRailway halt
- Le RectangleMuseum
- Veilleur de pierreWork of art
Popular Destinations in Greater Lyon
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