The 3rd arrondissement of Lyon is one of the nine

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of 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 ...

Demography

* 2006: 88,755 inhabitants * 2007: 89,000 inhabitants It is the most populous arrondissement of Lyon and the second most densely populated after the

1st arrondissement of Lyon The 1st arrondissement of Lyon, France is one of the nine arrondissements of the City of Lyon. It is located below the hill of Croix-Rousse and on the north part of the Presqu'île formed by the Saône and the Rhône, the two rivers in Lyon. T ...

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History

The 3rd arrondissement was created by the Decree of 24 March 1852 (date of creation of the first five

). The text of 17 July 1867 the district has shared in two by creating the

6th arrondissement of Lyon 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smalles ...

. Then the 3rd district found its current limits, after it was split again when the 7th arrondissement of Lyon has been established (Text 8 March 1912).

Area

Quarters

The quarters of the 3rd arrondissement are : *

la Part-Dieu Part-Dieu () is an area of Lyon Metropolis. It is also the second largest tertiary district in France, after La Défense in Greater Paris, with over 1,150,000 m2 of office and service space, along with 45,000 service sector jobs, 2,500 compani ...

* la Villette * Montchat * The north part of la Guillotière Montchat is delimited at the North by the ''route de Genas'', at the East by the ''Vinatier street'' and ''boulevard Pinel'', at the south Sud by the ''Rockefeller Avenue'', the ''place d’Arsonval'' and the '' cours Albert Thomas' and at the West by the ''rue Feuillat''.

Monuments and buildings

Grand Temple de Lyon The Grand Temple de Lyon is a Protestant church located at No.3 Quai Victor Augagneur (then Quai de la Guillotière), in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. History The church was built in 1884 by Protestant architect Gaspard André (1840–1896) an ...

Tour Part-Dieu The Tour Part-Dieu (formerly Tour du Crédit Lyonnais, or colloquially Le Crayon, or The Pencil) is a skyscraper in Lyon, France. The building is tall, in La Part-Dieu district, with 42 floors. The building was completed in 1977. It currently ...

, called « Le Crayon » *

Tour Oxygène The Tour Oxygène (Oxygen Tower in English) is a skyscraper which rises 28 levels in the district of La Part-Dieu in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, France. It forms part of the Oxygen Project, which includes the office tower and a shopping cente ...

Tour Incity The Tour Incity is a skyscraper office in Lyon, France. The building was completed in 2015 in the business district of La Part-Dieu, at the intersection of the Cours Lafayette (main entrance) and Garibaldi Street to replace the obsolete UAP tower ...

(project) *

Tour Swiss Life The Tour Swiss Life is a skyscraper of offices located in La Part-Dieu quarter, in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. This 82-metre tower was built in 1989

Street and places

Avenue de Saxe The Avenue du Maréchal de Saxe (or Avenue de Saxe) is a broad avenue located in the 3rd and the 6th arrondissements of Lyon. It was named after Maurice de Saxe, Marshal of France. Architecture and description This avenue starts perpendicularly ...

Rue de Créqui La Rue de Créqui is a very long street located in the 7th, 3rd and 6th arrondissements of Lyon. It is a long straight line along the rue Duguesclin or the rue de Vendôme, that begins on the Grande Rue de la Guillotière in the 7th arrondiss ...

* Rue de Vendôme *

Rue Duguesclin The Rue Duguesclin (or Rue Du Guesclin) is a long street in Lyon crossing directly wholly the 6th and the 3rd arrondissement, and ends in the 7th arrondissement. This 2,800-meter street starts at the Boulevard des Belges and ends on the rue Ra ...

Rue Garibaldi The Rue Garibaldi is a wide and long street in Lyon, located in the 7th, 3rd and 6th arrondissements, and named after Italian politician Giuseppe Garibaldi. There was also a square named Place Garibaldi in reference to his nephews, died during ...

Gardens and parks

* Parc Bazin * Parc Chambovet * Parc Sisley * Jardin de la Place Bir Hakeim * Jardin Saint-Marie Perrin * Square Jussieu

Transports

Lyon Metro Line B Line B () is a line on the Lyon Metro that runs between Charpennes and Gare d'Oullins. It was constructed using the cut-and-cover method, and went into service on 2 May 1978. Together with Line A, it was one of the inaugural lines of the Lyon Metr ...

''Stations served :'' "Part-Dieu", "Place Guichard", "Saxe-Gambetta" *

Lyon Metro Line D Line D () is a rapid transit line on the Lyon Metro. It runs east–west underneath the two major rivers of Lyon, France, connecting Vieux Lyon with the Presqu'ile and the Part-Dieu region. Line D commenced operation under human control on 4 Sept ...

''stations served :'' "Saxe-Gambetta", "Garibaldi", "Sans-Souci", "Montplaisir-Lumière", "Grange-Blanche" * Tramway T1 et T3

Schools and universities

Ecole maternelle et Primaire
* Molière, Collège public * Lacassagne, Collège public * Gilbert Dru, Collège public
Professeur Dargent, Collège public
* Raoul Dufy, Collège public * Bon Secours, Collège privé * Charles de Foucauld, Collège privé * Ampère-Saxe, Lycée public * Lacassagne, Lycée public * Charles de Foucauld, Lycée privé * Montesquieu, Lycée privé

Sportive equipments

* Stade

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* Stade Eugénie * Gymnase Charial * Gymnase Francisque Anselme * Gymnase Mazenod * Gymnase Rebatel * Patinoire Baraban * Piscine Charial (hiver) * Piscine Garibaldi (hiver)

Cultural equipments

* Auditorium Maurice-Ravel *

Bourse du Travail The Bourse du Travail (French for "labour exchanges"), a French form of the labour council, were working class organizations that encouraged mutual aid (organization), mutual aid, education, and self-organization amongst their members in the ...

* Bibliothèque municipale de la Part-Dieu * Archives départementales du Rhône (section moderne : archives postérieures à 1800) * Théâtre de la Tête d'Or

Animation

; Mayor : * 2001-2008 : Patrick Huguet (UMP) * 2008- Today : Thierry Philip (PS)

References

External links

Official site of the City hall of the 3rd arrondissement
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