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At the beginning of 2017, Leboncoin totaled, according to Le Figaro Magazine, a monthly audience of 28 million unique visitors. It is the fourth most visited site in France after Google, Facebook and YouTube. On February 7, 2021, the site recorded 20.4 million visits during the day. [10]
The department was created on August 12, 1793, when the former Rhône-et-Loire was split into two departments: Rhône and Loire.. Originally, the eastern border of Rhône was the city of Lyon itself, so that the communes immediately east of Lyon belonged to neighboring departments.
Chasselay (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. The village is located between Lyon and Villefranche-sur-Saône. It is a relatively rural community without a train station.
From 19 to 20 June 1940, French troops delayed the entry of German forces into Lyon, which had been declared an "open city" on 18 June.Earlier on 17 June, French troops occupied Chasselay, a village roughly fifteen kilometres north-west of Lyon.
Villefranche-sur-Saône (US: / ˌ v iː l (ə) ˈ f r ɒ̃ ʃ s ʊər ˈ s oʊ n /, [3] French: [vilfʁɑ̃ʃ syʁ son] ⓘ; Arpitan: Velafranche) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the river Saône, and is around 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Lyon. The inhabitants of the town are called ...
Rhône-Alpes is a prosperous region which can be seen by its per capita GDP of about €31,231 ($40,000), which is higher than the French average, and an average income of €35,910 ($50,246), its economy second in size only to Île-de-France in France. This can be attributed to the diversity of the production in different sectors.
In mid-August 1944, prisoners from Montluc prison were taken to Bron Airfield where 109 of them, including 72 Jews, were killed in the Bron massacres , which would become known as Le Charnier de Bron ("The Charnel house of Bron"). [8]
Charnay (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. The village is part of the Beaujolais wine region and is home to numerous wineries. It is also regionally famous for its authentic medieval village.