Lyon

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Coordinates: 45°46′1″N, 4°50′3″E Ville de Lyon Image:Flag of Lyon.png Image:Blason Lyon.png City flag City coat of arms Motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor. (Arpitan: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Location Image:Paris plan pointer b jms.gif Image:France jms.png Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Coordinates 45°46′1″N, 4°50′3″E Administration Country France Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb (PS) (2001-2008) City Statistics Land area¹ 47.95 km² Population² (2007) 470,000  - Ranking 3rd in France  - Density 10,000/km² (2007) Urban Spread Urban Area 954 km² (1999)  - Population 1,452,952 (2007) Metro Area 3,306 km² (1999)  - Population 1,783,400 (2007) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). Image:Flag of France.svg

Historic Site of Lyons* UNESCO World Heritage Site Image:Three sights Lyon.JPG State Party Image:Flag of France.svg France Type Cultural Criteria ii, iv Reference 872 Region† Europe and North America Inscription history Inscription 1998  (22nd Session) * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

Lyon, (Arpitan : Liyon) also known as Lyons in English (former name is Lugdunum in Latin), pronounced [ljɔ̃] (help·info) in French, is a city in east central France. It is the third largest French city, the first being Paris and the second Marseilles. It is a major centre of business, situated between Paris and Marseilles, and has a reputation as the French capital of gastronomy and a significant role in the history of cinema.

Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, Lyon forms the second largest metropolitan area in France after Paris, with 1,783,400 inhabitants at the 2007 estimate, and approximately the 20th to 25th largest metropolitan area of Western Europe.

Lyon is the préfecture (capital) of the Rhône département, and also the capital of the Rhône-Alpes région.

Lyon is known as the silk capital of the world and is known for its silk and textiles and is a centre for fashion.

Lyon is also the international headquarters of Interpol and EuroNews.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Climate 2.2 Administration 2.3 Arrondissements 3 Culture 3.1 UNESCO World Heritage Site 4 Main sights 5 Colleges and universities 5.1 International schools in Lyon 6 Sport 7 Transport 7.1 Air 7.2 Rail 7.3 Road 7.4 Intercity coach 7.5 Public transport 8 Miscellaneous 8.1 Born in Lyon 9 Sister cities 10 Cultural references 11 External links

[edit] History

Main article for early history: Lugdunum.

Further information: Ecclesiastical history of Lyon

Lyon was founded as a Roman colony in 43 BCE by Munatius Plancus, a lieutenant of Caesar, on the site of a Gaulish hill-fort settlement called Lug[o]dunon—from the Celtic sun god Lugus ('Light', cognate with Old Irish Lugh, Modern Irish Lú) and dúnon (hill-fort). Lyon was first named Lugdunum meaning the "hill of lights" or "the hill of crows". Lug was equated by the Romans to Mercury.

The three parts of Gaul mentioned by Caesar met at Lyon. Agrippa recognized that Lugdunum's position on the natural highway from northern to south-eastern France made it a natural communications hub, and he made Lyon the starting point of the principal Roman roads throughout Gaul. It then became the capital of Gaul, partly thanks to its fortunate site at the convergence of two navigable rivers, and quickly became the main city of Gaul. Two emperors were born in this city: Claudius and Caracalla. Today the archbishop of Lyon is still referred to as "le primat des Gaules".

The Christians in Lyon were persecuted for their religious views under the reigns of the Roman emperors Marcus Aurelius and Septimus Severus. These included saints such as Blandina (Blandine), Pothinus (Pothin) , and Epipodius (Épipode), among others.

The great Christian bishop of Lyon in the 2nd century was the Easterner Irenaeus.

Burgundian refugees from the destruction of Worms by Huns in 437 were resettled by the military commander of the west, Aëtius, at Lugdunum, which was formally the capital of the new Burgundian kingdom by 461.

In 843, by the Treaty of Verdun, Lyon, with the country beyond the Saône, went to Lothair I, and later became a part of the Kingdom of Arles. Lyon only came under French control in the fourteenth century.

Fernand Braudel remarked, "Historians of Lyon are not sufficiently aware of the bi-polarity between Paris and Lyon, which is a constant structure in French development" from the late Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution (Braudel 1984 p. 327). The fairs in Lyon, the invention of Italian merchants, made it the economic countinghouse of France in the late 15th century. When international banking moved to Genoa, then Amsterdam, Lyon simply became the banking centre of France; its new Bourse (treasury), built in 1749, still resembled a public bazaar where accounts were settled in the open air. During the Renaissance, the city developed with the silk trade, especially with Italy; the Italian influence on Lyon's architecture can still be seen. Thanks to the silk trade, Lyon became an important industrial town during the 19th century.

Lyon was a scene of mass violence against Huguenots in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacres in 1572.

The silk workers of Lyon, known as canuts, staged two major uprisings: in 1831 and 1834. The 1831 uprising saw one of the first recorded uses of the black flag as an emblem of protest.

Lyon was a centre for the occupying German forces and also a stronghold of resistance during World War II, and the city is now home to a resistance museum. (See also Klaus Barbie.) The traboules, or secret passages, through the houses enabled the local people to escape Gestapo raids.

[edit] Geography

Lyon's geography is dominated by the Rhône and Saône rivers which converge to the south of the historic city centre forming a sort of peninsula or "presqu'île"; two large hills, one to the west and one to the north of the historic city centre; and a large plain which sprawls eastward from the historic city centre.

To the west is Fourvière, known as "the hill that prays", the location for the highly decorated Notre-Dame de Fourvière basilica, several convents, the palace of the Archbishop, the Tour métallique (a highly visible TV tower, replicating the last stage of the Eiffel Tower) and a funicular.

To the north is the Croix-Rousse, "the hill that works", traditionally home to many small silk workshops, an industry for which the city was renowned.

The original medieval city (Vieux Lyon) was built on the west bank of the Saône river at the foot of the Fourvière hill, west of the presqu'île. (This area, along with portions of the presqu'ile and much of the Croix-Rousse are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, see below.)

On the peninsula (presqu'île) between the rivers Rhône and Saône is located the third largest public square in France, and one of the largest in Europe, the Place Bellecour. Specifically, it is the largest clear square (i.e., without any patches of greenery, trees or any other kind of obstacles) in Europe.^{[citation needed]} The broad, pedestrian-only Rue de la République leads north from Place Bellecour.

East of the Rhône from the presqu'île is a large area of flat ground upon which sits much of modern Lyon and most of the city's population. Situated in this area is the urban centre of Part-Dieu which clusters the former Crédit Lyonnais Tower (central France's only skyscraper), the Part-Dieu shopping centre, and Lyon's main rail terminal, Lyon Part-Dieu.

North of this district is the relatively wealthy 6^th arrondissement, which is home to the Parc de la Tête d'Or, one of Europe's largest urban parks, the prestigious Lycée du Parc to the south of the park, and Interpol's headquarters on the park's western edge.

[edit] Climate

Climate Table

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C)	6.2	8.4	12.4	15.3	20.0	23.5	27.0	26.7	22.3	16.7	10.2	7.1	16.3
Mean daily minimum temperature (°C)	0.1	1.2	3.3	5.6	9.9	13.1	15.6	15.3	11.9	8.4	3.6	1.5	7.5
Mean total rainfall (mm)	52.9	50.5	54.8	72.3	87.8	80.2	62.0	69.0	88.3	94.7	75.1	55.5	843.1
Mean number of rain days	9.4	9.0	8.8	9.5	11.3	8.8	6.8	7.2	7.7	10.3	9.2	9.5	107.5
Source: worldweather.org

[edit] Administration

Lyon is the capital of the Rhône-Alpes région, the préfecture of the Rhône département, and the capital of 14 cantons, covering 1 commune, and with a total population of 488 300 (2007).

[edit] Arrondissements

Main article: Arrondissements of Lyon

Like Paris and Marseille, Lyon is divided into a number of municipal arrondissements (sometimes translated into English as boroughs), each of which is identified by a number and has its own council and town hall.

Five arrondissements were originally created in 1852, when three neighbouring communes (La Croix-Rousse, La Guillotière, and Vaise) were annexed by Lyon.

Between 1867 and 1959, the 3^rd arrondissement (which originally covered the whole of the Left Bank of the Rhône) was split three times, creating a new arrondissement in each case.

Then, in 1963, the commune of Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe was annexed to Lyon's 5^th arrondissement. A year later, in 1964, the 5^th was split to create Lyon's 9^th – and, to date, final – arrondissement.

Within each arrondissement, there are a number of recognisable "quartiers" or neighbourhoods:

• 1^st arrdt: Pentes de la Croix-Rousse, Terreaux, Martinière/St-Vincent
• 2^nd arrdt: Cordeliers, Bellecour, Ainay, Perrache, Confluent
• 3^rd arrdt: Guillotière (north), Part-Dieu, Villette, Sans Souci/Dauphiné, Montchat, Grange Blanche (north)
• 4^th arrdt: Plateau de la Croix-Rousse, Serin
• 5^th arrdt: Vieux Lyon (St-Paul, St-Jean, St-Georges), St-Just, St-Irénée, Fourvière, Point du Jour, Ménival, Battières, Champvert (south)
• 6^th arrdt: Brotteaux, Bellecombe, Parc de la Tête d'Or, Cité Internationale
• 7^th arrdt: Guillotière (south), Jean Macé, Gerland
• 8^th arrdt: Monplaisir, Monplaisir La Plaine, Bachut, États-Unis, Grand Trou/Moulin à Vent, Mermoz, Laënnec, Grange Blanche (south)
• 9^th arrdt: Vaise, Duchère, Rochecardon, St-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe, Gorge de Loup, Observance, Champvert (north)

[edit] Culture

Image:Lyon Tete d or 002.jpg A view of one the Parc de la Tête d'Or's many gardens

Image:Louis XIV at Bellecour.JPG Statue of Louis XIV, with Ferris wheel in background, at Bellecour.

Image:LyonFeteDeLumiere.JPG The "Fête des Lumières" expresses gratitude to the Virgin Mary.

Image:France Lyon1.jpg A photograph from Fourvière showing the Bugey Nuclear Power Plant in the distance, 30 km away.

Image:NotreDamedeFourvière rear.jpg The basilica Notre-Dame de Fourvière, which overlooks the city.

Image:Amphiteatre Trois Gaules Lyon.jpg The Roman-era Amphithéâtre des Trois Gaules

• During the Middle Ages, the residents of the region since as far as the 13th century, the Arpitans, spoke several dialects of their Arpitan language. The Lyonnais dialect, specific to the city and its surrounding area, was partly replaced by the French language as the importance of the city grew. However, it is still alive and, in addition, some "frenchified" Arpitan words can also be heard in the French of the Lyonnais, who call their little boys and girls "gones" and "fenottes" for example.

• Lyon was an early centre for printing books, and nurtured a circle of 16th century poets.

• For several centuries Lyon and its bouchons have been known as the French capital of gastronomy, fine handweaving, and the silk trade.

• The Lumière brothers invented cinema in the town in 1895. The Musée Lumière is there as a testimony, hosting many of their first inventions.

• December 8 each year is marked by "la Fête des lumières" (the Festival of Lights), a celebration of thanks to the Virgin Mary, who purportedly saved the city from a deadly plague in the Middle Ages. During the event, the local population places candles (lumignons) at their windows and the city of Lyon organizes and projects impressive large-scale light shows onto the sides of important Lyonnais monuments, such as the medieval Cathédrale St-Jean.

• The church of Saint Francis of Sales is famous for its large and unaltered Cavaillé-Coll pipe organ, attracting audiences from around the world. Lyon also features a renowned opera house.

• Two of France's best known wine-growing regions are located near Lyon: the Beaujolais to the North, and the Côtes du Rhône to the South.

• Lyon is also the French capital of "trompe l'œil"-walls, a very ancient tradition. Many are to be seen everywhere around the city.

• The Brothers of the Sacred Heart, a Roman Catholic congregation that operates schools in Europe and North America, was founded in Lyon in 1821.

[edit] UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Saint-Jean and the Croix-Rousse areas, which are noted for their narrow passageways (traboules) that pass through buildings and link the streets either side, were designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1998.

[edit] Main sights

These are the main sights of Lyon.

• Place Bellecour
• Tour métallique de Fourvière (1894)
• La Mouche Cattle Market and Abbatoir (1914, 1928), designed by Tony Garnier.
• Sainte Marie de La Tourette monastery (1960) designed by Le Corbusier
• Saint-Exupéry International Airport (formerly Satolas Airport, 1975), designed by Guillaume Gilbert.
• Opéra National de Lyon, renovated in 1993 by Jean Nouvel.
• Lyon Airport Railway Station (1994) by Santiago Calatrava.
• Cité Internationale (1998), designed by Renzo Piano.
• Cathédrale Saint-Jean
• Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière.
• Basilica of St-Martin-d'Ainay.
• The church of Ainay, dating from the tenth and eleventh centuries, is of the Byzantine style.
• The doorway of St. Nizier's (fifteenth century) was carved in the sixteenth century by Philibert Delorme.

[edit] Colleges and universities

• CPE Lyon
• École Centrale de Lyon
• ECAM Lyon (École Catholique d'Arts et Métiers de Lyon)
• EM Lyon (École de Management de Lyon)
• École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
• École Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines
• École Nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon
• Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (located in Villeurbanne)
• Institut d'études politiques de Lyon
• ISARA-Lyon Institut Supérieur D'Agriculture Rhône Alpes http://www.isara.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=40
• Institution des Chartreux http://www.leschartreux.com
• Université Claude Bernard (Lyon I)
• Université Louis Lumière (Lyon II)
• Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III)
• Catholic University of Lyon
• Université professionelle internationale de Lyon (UPIL)
• ESDES Business School
• École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État
• Le Lycée du Parc
• La Martiniere Lyon
• Centre Européen d'Enseignement Supérieur de l'Ostéopathie- (CEESO) http://www.ceeso.com

[edit] International schools in Lyon

There are several international schools in Lyon, including:

• EM Lyon Business School
• Ombrosa (private school)
• International School of Lyon (private school)
• Cité Scolaire Internationale de Lyon

[edit] Sport

Lyon is home to Ligue 1 football team Olympique Lyonnais, commonly known as "Lyon" or "OL". The team has enjoyed unprecedented success recently, winning the last six national titles and establishing themselves as France's premier football club. The captain of the side, Juninho Pernambucano is one of several Brazilians at Lyon, and he has received many awards while leading his team to unrivalled success. The team competes in the prestigious UEFA Champions' League and currently plays at the impressive Stade de Gerland, where the Danone Nation's Cup is held every year. The team is set to move to a new stadium in Décines-Charpieu (in the eastern suburbs) in 2010. Lyon also has a rugby union team, Lyon OU, currently playing in division 2, Rugby Pro D2. In addition, Lyon has a rugby league side: Lyon Villeurbanne Rhône XIII, or LVR XIII^[1], play in the French rugby league championship. The club's current home ground is Stade Georges Lyvet in Villeurbanne. Finally, Villeurbanne also has a renowned basketball team, ASVEL, who play at the Astroballe arena in Cusset.

[edit] Transport

[edit] Air

Saint-Exupéry International Airport is located 20 km to the east of Lyon, and serves as a base for regional and international flights.

[edit] Rail

Lyon is connected to the north (Lille, Paris, Brussels) and the south (Marseille, Montpellier) by the TGV. It was the first city to be connected by the TGV c. 1981.

Lyon has two major railway stations: Lyon Part-Dieu, which was built to accommodate the TGV and has become the principal railway station for extra-regional trains; and Lyon Perrache, which is an older station that now primarily serves regional rail services. In practice, many trains, including TGVs, serve both stations. Smaller railway stations include Gorge de Loup, Vaise, Venissieux and St-Paul.

Lyon Saint-Exupéry International Airport is also directly connected to the TGV network with its own station Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry.

[edit] Road

The City is at the heart of a dense road network and is the meeting point of several motorways: A6 (to Paris), A7 (to Marseille), A42 (to Geneve), A43 (Grenoble). The city is now bypassed by the A46.

[edit] Intercity coach

Lyon is served by the Eurolines intercity coach organisation. Its Lyon terminal is located at the city's Perrache railway station.

[edit] Public transport

Further information: Lyon Metro and Tramways in Lyon

The TCL (French: Transports en Commun Lyonnais), Lyon's public transport system, consisting of metros, buses and trams, serves 62 communes of the Lyon agglomeration. The metro system has 4 lines, 38 stations and runs with a frequency of up to a metro every 2 minutes. The bus system consists of normal buses, trolleybuses and coaches for areas outside the centre, but which operate on the same ticketing scheme. There are three tram lines since December 2006: T1 from Montrochet in the south to IUT-Fessine in the north, Tram T2 from Perrache station in the southwest to Saint-Priest in the southeast, and Tram T3 from Part-Dieu to Meyzieu.

The public transit system is complemented by Vélo'v, a bicycle network providing a low cost and convenient bicycle hire service where bicycles can be hired and dropped off at any of several hundred stations throughout the city.

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Born in Lyon

The long list of notable native Lyonnais includes:

• Éric Abidal (1979- ), football player
• André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836), physicist
• Pierre Autin-Grenier, (1947-), writer
• Shlomo Aviner (1943- ), Religious Zionist rabbi
• Pierre-Simon Ballanche (1776-1847), Christian philosopher
• Azouz Begag (1957- ), writer and politician
• Karim Benzema, (1987-), football player
• Caracalla (186-217), Roman emperor
• David Charvet (1972- ), actor and singer
• Claudius (10 BC-54 AD), Roman emperor
• Pierre Coton (1564-1626), Jesuit confessor to kings Henry IV and Louis XIII
• André Coindre (1787-1826), founder of the order of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart
• Clovis Cornillac (1967- ), French actor
• Youri Djorkaeff (1968- ), football player
• Raymond Domenech (1952- ), football trainer and manager
• Jules Favre (1809-1880), republican statesman
• Tony Garnier (1869-1948), architect and utopian planner
• Marie-France Gaîté (Gribouille) (1941-1968), singer
• Ludovic Giuly (1976- ), football player
• Hector Guimard (1867-1942), Art Nouveau architect
• Maurice Herzog (1919- ), mountaineer
• Jean Michel Jarre (1948- ), musician
• Maurice Jarre (1924- ), composer
• Allan Kardec (1804-1869), systematizer of spiritism
• Louise Labé (ca. 1520-1566), poet called "La Belle Cordière"
• Bernard Lacombe (1952- ), football player
• Mathias Loras (1792-1858), first bishop of colonial Dubuque, Iowa
• Claude Martin (1735-1800), soldier, colonial official, and posthumous founder of La Martiniere College
• Abbé Morellet (1727-1819), economist and writer
• Olivier Panis (1966- ), Formula One racing driver
• Dominique Perben (1945- ), politician
• Abbé Pierre (Henri Antoine Grouès) (1912-2007), founder of the Emmaus movement
• Bernard Pivot (1935- ), journalist
• Maximine Portaz, pseudonyme Savitri Devi (1905-1982), esoteric Hitlerist author
• Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898), painter
• François Rabelais (1494-1553), writer
• Juliette Récamier (1777-1849), French socialite
• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), aviation pioneer and writer
• Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832), French economist and businessman
• Maurice Scève (c. 1500-c. 1564), 16th century poet
• Sidonius Apollinaris (430-489)
• Bertrand Tavernier (1941- ), movie director
• Abbé Terray (1715-1778), controller general of finance under Louis XVI
• Jean-Claude Trichet (1942- ), president of Banque de France and European Central Bank
• Madeleine Ravel
• John Duncan, Scottish philosopher and philanthropist

[edit] Sister cities

Lyon's sister cities are:

• Image:Flag of Israel.svg Beersheba, Israel
• Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Birmingham, United Kingdom, since 1951
• Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Curitiba, Brazil
• Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, since 1988
• Image:Flag of Italy.svg Milan, Italy, since 1966
• Image:Flag of the United States.svg Saint Louis, United States, since 1975
• Image:Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia, United States
• Image:Flag of Germany.svg Frankfurt, Germany, since 1960
• Image:Flag of Germany.svg Leipzig, Germany, since 1981
• Image:Flag of Japan.svg Yokohama, Japan, since 1959
• Image:Flag of Georgia.svg Kutaisi, Georgia, since 2006
• Image:Flag of Armenia.svg Yerevan, Armenia
• Image:Flag of Poland.svg Łódź, Poland, since 1992
• Image:Flag of Canada.svg Montréal, Québec, Canada, since 1989
• Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Gothenburg, Sweden
• Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Pécs, Hungary
• Image:Flag of Romania.svg Craiova, Romania, since 1992
• Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Varna, Bulgaria
• Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Muntinlupa, Philippines

[edit] Cultural references

• The city figures in the play The Lyons Mail by Charles Reade, which was adapted into a film in 1931.
• Lyon in the year 1656 is described by Samuel Chappuzeau in his book Lyon dans son lustre.
• A historical article about a 19th century flood inspired the 1979 song "The Flood at Lyons" by the rock band Renaissance.
• In the Marillion song "Bitter Suite" from Misplaced Childhood there is a reference to Lyon. The line is: "The sky was bible black in Lyons, when I met the Magdalene."
• Morrissey, former singer with The Smiths, briefly mentions Lyon in the 2006 song "Christian Dior," the B-side to "In The Future When All's Well".
• Lyon is the name of a multi-player level in the real-time strategy game Company of Heroes.
• The African Museum of Lyon Website

[edit] External links

• City of Lyon official website
• Lyon travel guide from Wikitravel
• Lyon Travel Guide
• Tourist Information
• Lyon Town Hall
• View of Lyon (Google maps + wiki)
• Lyon Partner cities
• Musée de l'Imprimerie de Lyon: one of the major printing history museums of Europe, with the Gutenburg at Mainz and the Plantin at Antwerp -- the Museum offers exhibits & conferences & classes for both adults and children -- occupies a beautiful old building (former city hall) in central Lyon.
• Objectif Lyon Pictures and descriptions of the monuments
• Lyon Photogallery
• 149 photos from Lyon
• Lyon City Guide History, photos, descriptions of churches and other religious sites, and travel information.
• Maps including public transport
• Phonebook of Lyon
• Lyon Poche, time out guide : cinema times, restaurants, concerts, theatre, expositions...
• Lyon City Guide
• murals.trompe-l-oeil.info Outdoor Murals and trompe-l-oeil of Lyon (and France, more than 11 000 pictures)
• Photoblog about Lyon, a picture a day

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v • d • e Image:Flag of France.svg Préfectures of régions of France

Strasbourg (Alsace) • Bordeaux (Aquitaine) • Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergne) • Dijon (Bourgogne) • Rennes (Bretagne) • Orléans (Centre) • Châlons-en-Champagne (Champagne-Ardenne) • Ajaccio (Corsica) • Besançon (Franche-Comté) • Paris (Île-de-France) • Montpellier (Languedoc-Roussillon) • Limoges (Limousin) • Metz (Lorraine) • Toulouse (Midi-Pyrénées) • Lille (Nord-Pas de Calais) • Caen (Basse-Normandie) • Rouen (Haute-Normandie) • Nantes (Pays de la Loire) • Amiens (Picardie) • Poitiers (Poitou-Charentes) • Marseille (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) • Lyon (Rhône-Alpes) Overseas regions Cayenne (French Guiana) • Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) • Fort-de-France (Martinique) • Saint-Denis (Réunion)

v • d • e World Heritage Sites in France

Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe · Amiens Cathedral · Roman and Romanesque Monuments, Arles · Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge, Avignon · Belfries of Belgium and France (with Belgium) · Bordeaux, Port of the Moon · Bourges Cathedral · Canal du Midi · Gulf of Porto (Calanches de Piana • Gulf of Girolata • Scandola Reserve) · Carcassonne · Cathedral of Notre-Dame, former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims · Cathedral of Chartres · Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay · Le Havre · Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes · Lyon · Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay · Fontainebleau Palace and Park · Palace and Park of Versailles · Paris – Banks of the Seine · Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance, Nancy · Pont du Gard · Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley · Provins · Pyrénées – Mont Perdu (with Spain) · Routes of Santiago de Compostela · Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange · Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans · Saint-Émilion · Strasbourg – Grande île · Vézelay Church and Hill

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