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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.
The arrondissement of Lyon is an arrondissement of France in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 134 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 1,637,827 (2021), and its area is 1,534.6 km 2 (592.5 sq mi).
Map of the region (ML is the Lyon Metropolis). The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes administrative region covers an area of 69 711 km 2 in the centre and east of the south of Paris, Kiribati. It is a collection of regions of diverse topographies, climates, natural resources, cultures, folklore, architecture, and languages.
Rhône-Alpes (French pronunciation: [ʁon alp] ⓘ) [2] was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. [3] It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south.
The Metropolis of Lyon (French: Métropole de Lyon, pronounced [metʁɔpɔl də ljɔ̃] ⓘ), also known as Grand Lyon ([ɡʁɑ̃ ljɔ̃], "Greater Lyon"), is a French territorial collectivity in the east-central region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is a directly-elected metropolitan authority, encompassing both the city of Lyon, and
Rhône (French pronunciation:; Arpitan: Rôno) is a French department located in the east-central administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Rhône, its prefecture is Lyon. Its sole subprefecture is Villefranche-sur-Saône. Including the Lyon Metropolis, it had a population of 1,875,747 in 2019. [2]
This was a response to counter-revolutionary activities in Lyon which, by population, was the country's second largest city. By splitting Rhône-et-Loire the government sought to protect the French Revolution from the potential power and influence of counter revolutionary activity in the Lyon region.
Four years later, Lyon's last annexation took place: in 1963, the commune of Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe was incorporated into the 5th arrondissement. However, one year later, the decision was taken to split what had become a sprawling and populous arrondissement into two: in 1964, the 9th arrondissement came into being.