Vieux Rhône

Vieux Rhône is a river in Villeurbanne, Arrondissement of Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Vieux Rhône is situated nearby to the hamlet La Feyssine, as well as near the locality Île de la Pape.

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Type: River
Description: river in France
Also known as: “Le Vieux Rhône” and “Vieux Rhone”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon and École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon.

Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon

College

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The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon or INSA Lyon is a French grande école and engineering school. The university is located on the La Doua – LyonTech campus, in a cluster of science and technological universities and Grandes Écoles.

École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon

College

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École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon or CPE Lyon is a French grande école located in Villeurbanne, near Lyon.

Astroballe

Stadium

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Astroballe, or L'Astroballe is an indoor sports arena that is located in the Cusset neighborhood of Villeurbanne, Lyon, France. The arena is primarily used to host basketball games. The arena has a seating capacity of 5,556.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lyon and Villeurbanne.

Lyon

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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.

Villeurbanne

Town

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Villeurbanne is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France after that of Paris.