The Lyon Commune was a short-lived revolutionary movement in Lyon, France, in 1870 and 1871 - republicans and activists from several components of the...
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Archbishop of Lyon is still called the Primate of Gaul. During the revolutionary period, Lyon was renamed Commune-Affranchie ("Emancipated Commune") on 12 October...
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The Metropolis of Lyon (French: Métropole de Lyon, French pronunciation: [metʁɔpɔl də ljɔ̃] ), also known as Grand Lyon (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ ljɔ̃]...
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d'agglomération nouvelle de l'Isle-d'Abeau): 38,769 inhabitants Community of Communes of the East of Lyon (Communauté de communes de l'Est Lyonnais): 27,706...
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The Gare de Lyon, officially Paris Gare de Lyon, is one of the seven large mainline railway stations in Paris, France. It handles about 148.1 million passengers...
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Olympique Lyonnais (redirect from Football Club de Lyon)
record-setting streak of seven successive titles. Lyon has also won eight Trophées des Champions, five Coupes de France, and three Ligue 2 titles. The team has...
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Marseille, the layout in Lyon is more idiosyncratic. This is for historical reasons: following the annexation of the communes of La Guillotière [fr], La...
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Décines-Charpieu (category Communes of Lyon Metropolis)
(French pronunciation: [desin ʃaʁpjø] ; Arpitan: Dessines) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. The name...
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The following is a list of the 58 communes of the Lyon Metropolis, France. Intercommunalité-Métropole de Métropole de Lyon (200046977), INSEE...
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Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t fwa lɛ ljɔ̃] , literally Sainte-Foy near Lyon) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes...
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pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pʁijɛst] ; Arpitan: Sant-Priést) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in east-south France. The...
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Franchevéla) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, eastern France. Francheville is a western suburb of Lyon. In the Metropolis...
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Metropolis, see Communes of the Lyon Metropolis. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): Communauté d'agglomération de l'Ouest...
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The Paris Commune (French: Commune de Paris, pronounced [kɔ.myn də pa.ʁi]) was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris from 18 March...
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Parc Olympique Lyonnais (redirect from Stade de Lyon)
the Metropolis of Lyon. The home of French football club Olympique Lyonnais (OL), it replaced their previous stadium, the Stade de Gerland, in January...
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Foire de Lyon (Foire internationale de Lyon; or Lyon Fair) is a trade fair, traditionally held in March in Lyon, France. Begun as an initiative by Lyon mayor...
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The Archdiocese of Lyon (Latin: Archidiœcesis Lugdunensis; French: Archidiocèse de Lyon), formerly the Archdiocese of Lyon–Vienne–Embrun, is a Latin Church...
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Lyons-la-Forêt (French pronunciation: [ljɔ̃s la fɔʁɛ]) is a commune of the Eure department, Normandy, in northwest France. Lyons-la-Forêt has distinctive...
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Cité Internationale (redirect from Cité Internationale de Lyon)
location of the Foire de Lyon. It is connected to the commune of Caluire-et-Cuire by the Passerelle de la Paix. In 1984, the Foire de Lyon moved from its previous...
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Montchat (category Geography of Lyon)
- /mɔ̃ʃa/ - is a district in the 3rd arrondissement of the French commune of Lyon. It forms the eastern part of the city. It ends on the east with a...
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Eurexpo (redirect from Eurexpo de Lyon)
center and exhibition hall in the commune of Chassieu, south-east of Lyon. It is the site of the annual Foire de Lyon. Built in 1984, the 110-hectare (270-acre)...
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périphérique de Lyon is a ring road that surrounds Lyon from the northwest (Porte de Valvert, in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune) to the south (Porte de Gerland, in...
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Villeurbanne (category Communes of Lyon Metropolis)
Velorbana) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it...
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Romieg de Provença (classical norm) and Sant Roumié de Prouvènço (Mistralian norm)) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte...
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de communes Entre Bièvre et Rhône Communauté de communes Le Grésivaudan Communauté de communes Lyon Saint-Exupéry en Dauphiné Communauté de communes du...
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) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Genay is located about 20 kilometres north of Lyon. In the...
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there were 473 communes in France (metropolitan territory and overseas departments and regions) with population over 20,000, 280 communes with population...
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Chazelles-sur-Lyon (French pronunciation: [ʃazɛl syʁ ljɔ̃], literally Chazelles on Lyon) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Communes of the...
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Lyon. The municipal arrondissement is the only administrative unit below the commune in the French Republic but exists only in these three communes....
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kilometres (6 mi) east of Lyon, both communes of the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Lyon–Bron is one of two airports...
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