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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Site of Lyon' has mentioned 'France' in the following places:
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Third-largest city of France and prefecture of Auvergne-Rhxc3xb4ne-Alpes | WIKI |
Prefecture and commune in Auvergne-Rhxc3xb4ne-Alpes, France | WIKI |
FlagCoat of armsMotto(s):xc2xa0Avant, avant, Lion le melhor(Old Franco-Provenxc3xa7al for "Forward, forward, Lyon the best")[a]Virtute duce, comite fortuna("With virtue as guide and fortune as companion")[b]Location of Lyon LyonShow map of FranceLyonShow map of Auvergne-Rhxc3xb4ne-AlpesCoordinates: 45xc2xb046xe2x80xb2N 4xc2xb050xe2x80xb2Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf45.76xc2xb0N 4.84xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 45.76; 4.84Coordinates: 45xc2xb046xe2x80xb2N 4xc2xb050xe2x80xb2Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf45.76xc2xb0N 4.84xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 45.76; 4.84CountryFranceRegionAuvergne-Rhxc3xb4ne-AlpesMetropolisMetropolis of LyonArrondissementLyonSubdivisions9 arrondissementsGovernmentxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Mayor (2020xe2x80x932026) Grxc3xa9gory Doucet (EELV)Area147.87xc2xa0km2 (18.48xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Urbanxc2xa0(2017)1,171.1xc2xa0km2 (452.2xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Metroxc2xa0(2017)6,011.9xc2xa0km2 (2,321.2xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Populationxc2xa0(Jan.xc2xa02018)[2]518,635xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Rank3rd in Francexc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Density11,000/km2 (28,000/sqxc2xa0mi)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Urbanxc2xa0(2017[3])1,659,001xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Urbanxc2xa0density1,400/km2 (3,700/sqxc2xa0mi)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Metroxc2xa0(2017[4])2,323,221xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Metroxc2xa0density390/km2 (1,000/sqxc2xa0mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code69123 /69001-69009Elevation162xe2x80x93349xc2xa0m (531xe2x80x931,145xc2xa0ft)Websitewww.lyon-france.com1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1xc2xa0km2 (0.386xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | WIKI |
Lyon or Lyons (UK: /xcbx88lixcbx90xc9x92xccx83/,[5][6] US: /lixcbx88oxcax8an/,[7][8][c] French:xc2xa0[ljxc9x94xccx83] (listen); Arpitan: Liyon, pronouncedxc2xa0[xcax8ejxc9x94xccx83]; Italian: Lione, pronouncedxc2xa0[lixcbx88one]) is the third-largest city and second-largest urban area of France. | WIKI |
The City of Lyon proper had a population of 516,092 in 2017 within its small municipal territory of 48xc2xa0km2 (19xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi),[10] but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Lyon metropolitan area had a population of 2,323,221 that same year,[4] the second-most populated in France. | WIKI |
[13] It ranked second in France and 40th globally in Mercer's 2019 liveability rankings. | WIKI |
[21] In the late 15th century, the fairs introduced by Italian merchants made Lyon the economic counting house of France. | WIKI |
When international banking moved to Genoa, then Amsterdam, Lyon remained the banking centre of France. | WIKI |
Place Bellecour is located on the Presqu'xc3xaele between the two rivers and is the third-largest public square in France. | WIKI |
[28] But in modified classifications such as that of Trewartha, France's third largest city has an oceanic climate (Do). | WIKI |
The Metropolis of Lyon is the only metropolitan authority in France which is a territorial collectivity, on par with French communes and departments. | WIKI |
Its metropolitan council was for the first time directly elected by universal suffrage in 2020 within 14 electoral wards, the only directly elected metropolitan council in France. | WIKI |
The current president since July 2020 was elected by new metropolitan councilors following their election by universal suffrage in March (1st round) and June (2nd round) 2020, the first direct election of a metropolitan council in France. | WIKI |
Musxc3xa9e des beaux-arts de Lyon (Fine Arts Museum), main museum of the city and one of the largest art galleries in France. | WIKI |
Housed in the "Palais Saint Pierre", a former 17th-century convent, it displays a major collection of paintings by artists (including Tintoretto; Paolo Veronese; Nicolas Poussin; Rubens; Rembrandt; Zurbaran; Canaletto; Delacroix; Monet; Gauguin; Van Gogh; Cxc3xa9zanne; Matisse; Picasso; Francis Bacon...); collections of sculptures, drawings and printings, decorative arts, Roman and Greek antiquities; the second largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in France after that of the Louvre; and a medal cabinet of 50.000 medals and coins. | WIKI |
Parc de la Txc3xaate d'or, aka Golden Head Park, in central Lyon is the largest urban park in France at 117 hectares. | WIKI |
The garden was established in 1857 as a successor to earlier botanical gardens dating to 1796, and now describes itself as France's largest municipal botanical garden. | WIKI |
The GDP of Lyon was 74xc2xa0billion euro in 2012,[36] making it the second richest city in France after Paris. | WIKI |
High-tech industries such as biotechnology, software development, video game (Arkane Studios, Ivory Tower, Eden Games, EA France, Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe), and internet services are also growing. | WIKI |
In January 2009, Lyon ranked first in France for hostels business. | WIKI |
Two of France's best known wine-growing regions are located near the city: the Beaujolais region to the north and the Cxc3xb4tes du Rhxc3xb4ne region to the south. | WIKI |
Lyon is also home to the Lyon Hockey Club, an ice hockey team that competes in France's national ice hockey league. | WIKI |
are the redressed figures calculated by INSEE to correct the overestimated population of Lyon published by the municipal authorities at the time (10,000s of false residents had been added by the municipal authorities to artificially inflate the population figures and remain the 2nd largest city of France ahead of Marseille). | WIKI |
City of Lyon population by country of origin (2015)[59] Country/Territory Population France 366.647 (71.4%) Algeria 33,463 (6.5%) Portugal 15,467 (3.0%) Tunisia 13,568 (2.6%) Morocco 8,585 (1.6%) Italy 7,823 (1.5%) Turkey 7,462 (1.4%) Spain 5,099 (1.0%) Other 55,161 (10.7%) | WIKI |
are computed using the redressed figures for the commune of Lyon calculated by INSEE to correct the overestimated population of Lyon published by the municipal authorities at the time (10,000s of false residents had been added by the municipal authorities to artificially inflate the population figures and remain the 2nd largest city of France ahead of Marseille). | WIKI |
Lyon was the first city in France to introduce this bicycle renting system. | WIKI |