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2. Lyon - Wikipedia

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   Lyon [c] (Franco-Provençal: Liyon) is the second-largest city in France by urban area and the third largest by city limits. [14] 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, Switzerland, 58 km (36 mi) northeast of Saint-Étienne.

3. History of Lyon - Wikipedia

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   Lyon 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 .

4. Lyonnaise cuisine - Wikipedia

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   To the west of Lyon, the livestock farms of the Monts du Lyonnais (Lyonnais mountains) are the source of the charcuterie and salt meat known as cochonnailles lyonnaises as well as variety of other pork products including rosette de Lyon, a cured sausage named for its pink colour and made from pork shoulder, [18] and jésus de Lyon, which is a ...

5. Industrial history of Lyon - Wikipedia

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   The city of Lyon, situated in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, is the second wealthiest city in France, preceding Paris, and one of the most economically important cities in Europe. It is economically one of the largest centers for banking, pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotech industries in Europe.

6. Rhône-Alpes - Wikipedia

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   Lyon is noted as a gastronomic centre of France and specialities served in its traditional bouchons include Lyon sausage, sophisticated salami (known there as "rosette"), tripe and quenelles. In the east of the region the food has an Alpine flavour with dishes such as fondue, raclette common, gratin dauphinois and gratin savoyard.

7. List of people from Lyon - Wikipedia

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   Théodore Herpin (1799–1865) – physician known for his work involving epilepsy; Stephane Javelle (1864–1917) – astronomer; Edmond Locard (1877–1966) – pioneer in forensic science; Gerard Bérchet (1902-1990) – inventor of nylon and neoprene; Alain Mérieux (born 1938) – billionaire founder of Lyon's BSL-4 Laboratory