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Lyon [c] ( Franco-Provençal: Liyon ), formerly spelled in English as Lyons, [d] is the third-largest city of France. [e] It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of Paris, 278 km (173 mi) north of Marseille, 113 km (70 mi) southwest of Geneva, 58 km (36 mi ...
Lyon (prononcé / l j ɔ̃ / [1] ou / l i ɔ̃ / Écouter [2]) est une commune française située dans le quart sud-est de la France, au confluent du Rhône et de la Saône.Siège du conseil de la métropole de Lyon [Note 1], à laquelle son statut particulier confère à la fois les attributions d'une métropole et d'un département, elle est aussi le chef-lieu de l'arrondissement de Lyon ...
Place Du Griffon, Lyon, France. Lyon ( Arpitan: Liyon) is a city in the southeast of France. It is the third-largest city in the country (behind Paris and Marseille ), with about 513,000 people living there in 2015. It is the second largest metropolis, or metro area, in France (behind only that of Paris), with about 2.3 million people in 2014.
1 day ago · Lyon. Lyon, France. Lyon, capital of both the Rhône département and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes région, east-central France, set on a hilly site at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers. It is the third largest city in France, after Paris and Marseille. A Roman military colony called Lugdunum was founded there in 43 bce, and it ...
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. Lyon is mostly known as the gastronomic epicentre of France, with one of the highest concentrations of restaurants per capita ...
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