The 5th arrondissement of Lyon is one of the nine

arrondissements An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements'', ...

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 ...

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 The 9th arrondissement of Lyon is one of the nine arrondissements of the City of Lyon. It covers the northwestern quarters Vaise Vaise is a neighborhood of the City of Lyon ( France), located along the Saône The Saône ( , ; frp, Sona; l ...

(Decree of 12 August 1964).

Geography

Area and demographics

* * 1999 : 46,985 inhabitants * 2005 : 46,300 inhabitants * 2006 : 47,330 inhabitants * Relative density :

Quarters

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 ...

** Saint-Georges ** Saint-Jean ** Saint-Paul *

* Saint-Just * Saint-Irénée * Le Point du Jour * Champvert * Ménival

Streets and squares

* Montée du Gourguillon * Rue de Gadagne *

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 ...

* Rue Lainerie *

Place Abbé-Larue Place may refer to: Geography * Place (United States Census Bureau), defined as any concentration of population ** Census-designated place, a populated area lacking its own municipal government * "Place", a type of street or road name ** Often ...

* Place Benoît-Crépu * Place de la Trinité

Parks

Jardin des Curiosités Jardin des Curiosités () is a park in Saint-Just (Lyon), Saint-Just, Lyon. It is also called Jardin de Montréal, Belvédère Abbé Larue, Jardin de proximité Montréal and Jardin du Belvédère. It is situated at an altitude of at the east en ...

* Parc de la garde *

Parc des Hauteurs Parc des Hauteurs () is an urban park on Fourvière hill in Lyon, France. It encompasses the public spaces between the basilique de Fourvière and Loyasse cemetery. History Throughout the 20th century, urban planning documents mention vari ...

Architecture

Monuments and buildings

Lyon Cathedral Lyon Cathedral (french: link=no, Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Lyon) is a Roman Catholic church located on Place Saint-Jean in central Lyon, France. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, and is the seat of the Archbishop of L ...

(Primatiale Saint-Jean) *

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 ...

* Église Saint-Georges *

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 ...

* Église Saint-Just * Église Saint-Irénée * Théâtre antique de Fourvière *

Temple du Change The Temple du Change or Loge du Change, formerly used for the stock exchange of Lyon, stands in Vieux Lyon (5th arrondissement of Lyon). It was originally built after plans by architect Simon Gourdet between 1631 and 1653, then rebuilt under the d ...

* La Tour Rose * La galerie Philibert Delorme *

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 * Manécanterie *

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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