Lyon

E15889

city commune of France

Lyon is a major city in east-central France known for its historical and architectural landmarks, gastronomy, and role as a key economic and cultural center.

Aliases (8)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → commune of France →
coordinateLatitude	45.75 →
coordinateLongitude	4.85 →
country	France →
culturalRole	major cultural center in France →
demonym	Lyonnais →
economicRole	major economic center in France →
formerName	Lugdunum →
foundedBy	Romans →
foundingDate	43 BC →
hasAirport	Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport →
hasBasketballClub	ASVEL Basket →
hasDistrict	La Croix-Rousse → La Part-Dieu → Presqu’île → Vieux Lyon →
hasFootballClub	Olympique Lyonnais →
hasHeritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
hasLandmark	Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière → Fourvière Hill → Parc de la Tête d’Or → Place Bellecour → Traboules of Lyon →
hasMajorRailwayStation	Lyon-Part-Dieu station → Lyon-Perrache station →
hasUniversity	Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 → Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 → Lumière University Lyon 2 →
historicalRegion	Gaul →
isCapitalOf	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes → Rhône department →
knownFor	Festival of Lights → cinema history → gastronomy → historical architecture → silk industry history →
locatedAtConfluenceOf	Rhône River → Saône River →
locatedIn	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes → Rhône department → eastern France →
officialLanguage	French →
population	approximately 520000 →
timeZone	CEST → CET →
twinnedWith	Birmingham → Frankfurt am Main → Guangzhou →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1998 →
urbanAreaPopulation	over 1700000 →

Referenced by (115)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière → Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 → Fourvière Hill → La Croix-Rousse → La Part-Dieu → Lyon-Part-Dieu railway station → Lyon-Perrache station → Parc de la Tête d’Or → Place Bellecour → Presqu’île (Lyon) → Traboules of Lyon →	locatedIn
André-Marie Ampère → Antoine Laurent de Jussieu → François Denis Tronchet → Guillaume Coustou the Elder → Hector Guimard → Louis Lamothe → Louis Néel → Pierre Puvis de Chavannes → Tony Garnier → Émile Schuffenecker →	placeOfBirth
Bardonnex border crossing → Gare de Lyon → Geneva Airport railway station → Torino Porta Nuova →	connectsTo
Leipzig → Milan → Minsk → Turin →	twinCity
François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi → Juliette Récamier ("Lyon, France") → Paul Philippe Cret ("Lyon, France") →	birthPlace
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes → Rhône → Rhône (department) →	capital
Eurostar → Geneva–Lyon railway → TGV →	connectsCity
Arkane Studios → International Agency for Research on Cancer ("Lyon, France") → Interpol ("Lyon, France") →	headquartersLocation
Beaujolais → Couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette → Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport →	locatedNear
France → Kingdom of France → Rhône Valley →	majorCity
A40 motorway (France) → Autoroute Blanche → French autoroute network →	servesCity
Alexis Carrel → Cédric Villani → Gilles Deleuze →	workLocation
Lumière University Lyon 2 → Olympique Lyonnais →	city
LGV Sud-Est → Paris–Lyon railway →	connects
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes → Rhône →	containsCity
Caleb Lyon → Mary Lyon →	familyName
Rhône River → Saône River →	flowsThrough
Bardonecchia → Tonnerre →	hasRailConnectionTo
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes → Rhône →	largestCity
La Part-Dieu ("Lyon city center area") → Presqu’île (Lyon) ("Lyon city centre") →	partOf
Ad extirpanda → Ad extirpanda →	placeOfIssue
Tony Garnier →	activeIn
Rhône →	administrativeCenter
Olympique Lyonnais →	basedIn
1968 Summer Olympics →	biddingCities
French Renaissance →	center
Rhône River →	cityOnRiver
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport →	cityServed
Saône River →	confluenceLocation
Metropolitan France →	contains
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ("Historic Site of Lyon") →	containsUNESCOSite
Paris–Lyon railway →	endPoint
Juliette Récamier ("Lyon, France") →	exileLocation
Innocentius PP. IV →	fledTo
Eurocities →	foundedBy
Presqu’île (Lyon) ("City of Lyon") →	governingBody
2024 Summer Olympics →	hasCoHostCity
Lyon ("Vieux Lyon") →	hasDistrict
Eurocities →	hasMember
Olympique Lyonnais Féminin →	homeCity
1998 FIFA World Cup →	hostCity
Émile Schuffenecker →	livedIn
Lugdunum →	locatedInPresentDay
Vienne →	locatedSouthOf
First Council of Lyon →	location
Arkane Studios ("Lyon, France") →	locationOfBranch
Traboules of Lyon ("City of Lyon") →	maintainedBy
Rhône (department) →	majorCityNearby
Paris–Marseille railway →	majorIntermediateCity
Lugdunum →	modernName
Gare de Lyon ("city of Lyon") →	namedAfter
Ornex →	nearbyMajorCity
Saône River →	notableCityOnRiver
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV station →	offersServiceTo
Keolis →	operatesInCity
Parc de la Tête d’Or ("City of Lyon") →	operator
Parc de la Tête d’Or ("City of Lyon") →	ownedBy
Rhône (department) →	prefecture
Chambéry →	railwayConnection
Romans-sur-Isère →	regionCapitalNearby
Innocentius PP. IV →	residence
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport →	serves
Franco-Provençal ("Lyonnais") →	spokenIn
Geneva–Lyon railway →	terminus
Birmingham →	twinTown