Perrache is a quarter of the
2nd arrondissement of Lyon
The 2nd arrondissement of Lyon is one of the nine arrondissements of Lyon, arrondissements of the City of Lyon.
History
The first five Arrondissements of Lyon, arrondissements of Lyon were created by the Decree of March 24, 1852, which included th ...
, in the south of the
Presqu'île
The Presqu'île (literally a combination of the French words "presque" and "île" for almost and island, respectively)''Le petit Robert de la langue française'' 2007 is the central part of the City of Lyon, France. Extending from the foot of th ...
.
Location
![Jardins de la gare de Lyon Part-Dieu](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Jardins_de_la_gare_de_Lyon_Part-Dieu.jpg)
Perrache is located to the south of
Ainay
Ainay is an area within the Presqu'ile district in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, to the south of Place Bellecour and the north of Perrache. It is best known for its Romanesque church, the Basilica of Saint-Martin d'Ainay. A high-class area, b ...
, upstream of confluence between the
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 ...
and the
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 deri ...
. It is named after Antoine-Michel Perrache, who began to develop the confluence and to expand it to the south. The filling and remediation works of the formerly marshy lands were made after a decision by
Pierre-Marie Taillepied de Bondy
Pierre-Marie Taillepied, Comte de Bondy (7 October 1766 – 11 January 1847) was a French politician who was born in Paris on 7 October 1766 and died in the same city on 11 January 1847.
He sat in the French National Assembly
The National A ...
, prefect of the Rhône from 1809 to 1814.
The
multimodal station of Perrache shares the quarter into two parts which include train station, tram and metro.
The historical isolation of the southern area of the tracks is illustrated by the words "derrière les voûtes" ("behind the vaults") frequently used to designate this quarter. Neglected for a long time, the quarter is currently the subject of a major operation planning, like what happened at Gerland on the left river of the Rhone. The revaluation of the quarter is mainly concentrated around the project of the
Musée des Confluences
The Musée des Confluences is a science centre and anthropology museum which opened on 20 December 2014 in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, (Rhône), France. It is located at the southern tip of the Presqu'île at the confluence of the Rhône and ...
by
Coop Himmelb(l)au
Coop Himmelb(l)au (A pun meaning ''Coop Sky Building'' and ''Coop Sky Blue'') is an architecture, urban planning, design, and art firm founded by Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky, and Michael Holzer in Vienna, Austria in 1968.
History
Coop Him ...
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Transport
The quarter has two highways (
A6 Lyon - Paris /
A7 Lyon - Marseille), which will be replaced by the future
A44 A44 may refer to :
* A44 road (Great Britain), a road connecting Oxford, England and Aberystwyth, Wales
* A44 motorway (Germany), a road connecting Aachen at the German-Belgian border and Kassel
* A44 motorway (Netherlands), a motorway in the Nethe ...
.
References
External links
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Site of Perrache
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2nd arrondissement of Lyon
Quarters of Lyon