Lyon - Wikipedia
WEBLyon [c] ( Franco-Provençal: Liyon ), traditionally 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 ...
Lyon — Wikipédia
WEBLyon (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.
History of Lyon - Wikipedia
WEBLyon is a city in the southeast of France. The area has been inhabited since prehistoric times and was one of the most important cities of the Roman Empire, Lugdunum. After the Battle of Lugdunum (197) the city never fully recovered, and Lyon was built out of its ashes becoming a part of the Kingdom of the Burgundians . Antiquity.
Olympique Lyonnais - Wikipedia
WEBOlympique Lyonnais (French pronunciation: [ɔlɛ̃pik ljɔnɛ]), commonly referred to as simply Lyon (French pronunciation:) or OL, is a French professional football club based in the city of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1.
Lyon | History, Population, Map, & Facts | Britannica
WEB4 days ago · 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.
Lyon - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBLyon. Location of Lyon in France. 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 ...
Metropolis of Lyon - Wikipedia
WEBIt is a directly elected metropolitan authority encompassing the city of Lyon and most of its suburbs. It has jurisdiction as both a department and a métropole, taking the territory out of the purview of the department of Rhône. It had a population of 1,411,571 in 2019, 37% of whom lived in the city of Lyon proper.
Lyon – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
WEBLyon 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 ...
Timeline of Lyon - Wikipedia
WEBThe following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lyon, France . Prior to 15th century. 43 BCE - Roman colony of Lugdunum founded. [1] 15 BCE - Ancient Theatre of Fourvière built (approximate date). 10 BCE - Birth of Claudius. 59 CE - Town was burned and rebuilt with funding from Nero. [2] 177 CE - Persecution in Lyon. [3] [4]
Lyon - Wikiwand
WEBLyon, traditionally spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city of France. 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) northeast of Saint-Étienne.
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