The 5th arrondissement of Lyon is one of the nine
arrondissements of the City of
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...
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History
The 5th arrondissement was created on 24 March 1852 (date of creation of the first five arrondissements). It is the historic center of Lyon. It is at
Fourvière
Fourvière () is a district of Lyon, France, a hill immediately west of the old part of the town, rising from the river Saône. It is the site of the original Roman settlement of Lugdunum in 43 BC. The district contains many religious buildings i ...
that Munatius Plancus founded the Roman colony of Lugdunum in 43 BC. It was in this arrondissement that the Roman and medieval Lyon flourishes just before crossing the Saône.
Historic quarters of Lyon are well known, which are all touristic sites, but behind the Vieux Lyon and Fourvière, there are the residential areas of the Point du Jour, Champvert, Ménival, Saint-Irénée which remain misunderstood but still show traces of the Roman past of the city.
The Decree of 1 August 1963 linked the town of
Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe to the 5th arrondissement. But the following year, the district was divided, as the northern part became the
9th arrondissement of Lyon (Decree of 12 August 1964).
Geography
Area and demographics
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* 1999 : 46,985 inhabitants
* 2005 : 46,300 inhabitants
* 2006 : 47,330 inhabitants
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Relative density :
Quarters
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Vieux Lyon
The Vieux Lyon ( en, Old Lyon) is the largest Renaissance district of Lyon. In 1964, Vieux-Lyon, the city's oldest district, became the first site in France to be protected under the Malraux law to protect France's cultural sites. Covering an ar ...
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Saint-Jean
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Saint-Paul
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Fourvière
Fourvière () is a district of Lyon, France, a hill immediately west of the old part of the town, rising from the river Saône. It is the site of the original Roman settlement of Lugdunum in 43 BC. The district contains many religious buildings i ...
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Saint-Just
* Saint-Irénée
* Le Point du Jour
* Champvert
* Ménival
Streets and squares
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Montée du Gourguillon
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Rue de Gadagne
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Rue du Bœuf
The Rue du Bœuf is a 188-metre cobbled pedestrian street of the Vieux Lyon quarter, located in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. Very representative of the Renaissance architecture of the neighborhood, it is lined only with old houses from the 16t ...
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Rue Lainerie
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Place Abbé-Larue
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Place Benoît-Crépu
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Place de la Trinité
Parks
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Jardin des Curiosités
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Parc de la garde
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Parc des Hauteurs
Architecture
Monuments and buildings
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Lyon Cathedral
Lyon Cathedral (french: link=no, Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Lyon) is a Roman Catholic Church architecture, church located on Place Saint-Jean in central Lyon, France. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, and is the seat of ...
(Primatiale Saint-Jean)
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Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière (french: Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière) is a minor basilica in Lyon, France. It was built with private funds between 1872 and 1896 in a dominant position overlooking the city. The site it occupies was ...
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Église Saint-Georges
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Église Saint-Paul
The Église Saint-Paul is a Roman Catholic church architecture, church located in Lyon, France. It is situated in the Vieux Lyon, in the Saint-Paul (Lyon), Saint-Paul quarter, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. The cathedral is in the Romanesque a ...
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Église Saint-Just
* Église Saint-Irénée
* Théâtre antique de Fourvière
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Temple du Change
* La Tour Rose
* La galerie Philibert Delorme
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Musée Gadagne
The Musée Gadagne is a museum located in the center of the Vieux Lyon, in the Saint-Jean quarter, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. It is composed of the Musée d'Histoire de Lyon (Museum of Lyon History) and the Musée des Marionnettes du mond ...
* Maison Pauline Jaricot
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Manécanterie
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Palais de justice historique de Lyon
The Palais de justice historique de Lyon is a building located Quai Romain Rolland, on the right bank of the Saône, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. In 1996, it was classified as monument historique.
History
Its construction began in 1835 and ...
(Cour d'appel de Lyon)
* Château de Ménival
References
External links
Official website
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