Saint-Priest (; ) is a commune in the

Metropolis of Lyon The Metropolis of Lyon (, ), also known as Grand Lyon (, "Greater Lyon"), is a French territorial collectivity in the east-central region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is a directly-elected metropolitan authority, encompassing both the city of L ...

in the

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...

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in eastern

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. It is the fourth-largest

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

of the city of

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

, and is located to its southeast side. The

Saint-Priest station Saint-Priest station ( French: ''Gare de Saint-Priest'') is a railway station serving the town Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyon in the Lyon Metropolis, east-south France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily i ...

is served by local trains to Lyon and

Saint-André-le-Gaz Saint-André-le-Gaz () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Geography The Bourbre forms the commune's eastern border. Saint-André-le-Gaz station has rail connections to Lyon, Grenoble and Chambéry. Population Se ...

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Estelle Cascarino Estelle Cascarino (born 5 February 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Juventus and the France national team. Club career Cascarino started playing football at the age of thirteen for the youth t ...

(1997) football player for

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and the France national team *

Ève Périsset Ève Josette Noelle Périsset (born 24 December 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Première Ligue club Strasbourg and the France national team. Club career Périsset started her professional career at Lyo ...

(1994), football player for Chelsea and the France national team

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Communes of Lyon Metropolis Dauphiné {{AuvergneRhôneAlpes-geo-stub

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