Lyon
Lyon is the capital of the French administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, created by a 2016 merger of Rhône-Alpes with Auvergne. It also serves as the administrative centre for Metropolitan Lyon and the Rhône département; the two entities were separated in 2015.Landmarks in the Area
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The 9th arrondissement of Lyon is one of the nine arrondissements of the City of Lyon.Lyon
- Location: Greater Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
- Population: 523,000
- Postal codes: 69000-69009
- IATA airport code: LYS
- United Nations Location Code: FR LIO
- Latitude: 45.7485° or 45° 44' 54.5" north
- Longitude: 4.8467° or 4° 50' 48.2" east
- Elevation: 173 meters (568 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 2996944
Also Known As
- Albanian: Lion
- Amharic: ልዮን
- Arabic: ليون
- Aragonese: León do Roine
- Armenian: Լիոն
- Arpitan: Liyon
- Azerbaijani: Lion
- Belarusian: Ліён
- Bulgarian: Лион
- Burmese: လီယွန်းမြို့
- Catalan: Lió
- Central Kurdish: لیۆن
- Chechen: Лион
- Chinese: 里昂
- Esperanto: Liono
- French: Lyon
- Galician: Lión
- Georgian: ლიონი
- German: Lyon
- Greek: Λυών
- Hebrew: ליון
- Hindi: ल्यों
- Italian: Lione
- Japanese: リヨン
- Kazakh: Лион
- Korean: 리옹
- Kurdish: Liyon
- Latin: Lugdunum
- Latvian: Liona
- Ligurian: Lion
- Lithuanian: Lionas
- Lojban: lion
- Lombard: Liun
- Macedonian: Лион
- Marathi: ल्यों
- Mazanderani: لیون
- Mingrelian: ლიონი
- Neapolitan: Lione
- Occitan (post 1500): Lion
- Oriya (macrolanguage): ଲିଓନ
- Ossetian: Лион
- Panjabi: ਲਿਓਂ
- Persian: لیون
- Piemontese: Lion
- Portuguese: Lyon
- Russian: Лион
- Sardinian: Lione
- Serbian: Лион
- Sicilian: Lioni
- Spanish: Lyon
- Tamil: லியோன்
- Thai: ลียง
- Tibetan: ལི་ཡོང་།
- Uighur: Lion
- Ukrainian: Ліон
- Urdu: لیون
- Uzbek: Lion
- Venetian: Lion
- Veps: Lion
- Western Panjabi: لیون
- Wu Chinese: 里昂
- Yiddish: ליאן
- Yue Chinese: 里昂
- Lyons
In the Area
Localities
- La GuillotièreSuburb
- Ancien Cimetière de la GuillotièreLocality
- Part-DieuSuburb
- Nouveau Cimetière de la GuillotièreLocality
- PréfectureSuburb, 1½ km north
- AinaySuburb, 1½ km northwest
Landmarks
- Place Saint-LouisPedestrian zone
- Tweleve twentyRestaurant
- Square du BéguinPark
- Gymnase de la GuillotièreSports centre
- Église Notre-Dame Saint-LouisChurch building
- École primaire Jean-Pierre VeyetSchool
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