The Metropolis of Lyon (french: Métropole de Lyon), also known as ("Greater Lyon"), is a French

territorial collectivity A territorial collectivity (french: collectivité territoriale, previously '), or territorial authority, is a chartered subdivision of France with recognized governing authority. It is the generic name for any subdivision (subnational entity) wit ...

located in the east-central

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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...

. It is a directly elected metropolitan authority encompassing the city of

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

and most of its suburbs. It has jurisdiction as both a department and a , taking the territory out of the purview of the department of

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

. It had a population of 1,411,571 in 2019, 37% of whom lived in the city of Lyon proper. It replaced the

Urban Community of Lyon The Urban Community of Lyon (french: Urban communities in France, Communauté urbaine de Lyon), also known as Grand Lyon (i.e. "Greater Lyon") or by its former acronym COURLY, is the former intercommunality, intercommunal structure gathering the ci ...

on 1 January 2015, in accordance with the enacted in January 2014. The first direct metropolitan elections were held in March (1st round) and June (2nd round) 2020, leading to a victory by

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. The president of the metropolitan council has been Green leader

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since July 2020.

Geography

The Lyon Metropolis covers an area of . It covers the city of Lyon and its main suburbs. The rivers

and

Saône The Saône ( , ; frp, Sona; lat, Arar) is a river in eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department and joining the Rhône in Lyon, at the southern end of the Presqu'île. The name ...

flow through it. It borders the department

to the northwest and southwest,

Ain Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where ...

to the northeast and

Isère Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

.Intercommunalité-Métropole de Métropole de Lyon (200046977)
INSEE The most populous commune is

. As of 2019, there are 9 communes with more than 30,000 inhabitants:Populations légales 2019: 69 Rhône
INSEE

References

External links

Metropolitan Lyon website
(in French)

(in English) * (in French) {{Authority control ~ Departments of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes States and territories established in 2015 2015 establishments in France

Geography

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