Map of the City of Lyon
divided into 9
arrondissements
The lion, symbol of the city, on
display at Maison des avocats
2nd arrondissement: Cordeliers, Bellecour, Ainay, Perrache, Confluence, Sainte-Blandine
3rd arrondissement: Guillotière (north), Préfecture, Part-Dieu, Villette,Dauphiné/Sans Souci, Montchat, Grange Blanche (north), Monplaisir (north)
4th arrondissement: Plateau de la Croix-Rousse, Serin
5th arrondissement: Vieux Lyon (Saint-Paul, Saint-Jean, Saint-Georges), Saint-Just,
Saint-Irénée,[44] Fourvière, Point du Jour, Ménival, Battières, Champvert (south)
6th arrondissement: Brotteaux, Bellecombe, Parc de la Tête d'or, Cité Internationale
7th arrondissement: Guillotière (south), Jean Macé, Gerland
8th arrondissement: Monplaisir (south), Bachut, États-Unis, Grand Trou/Moulin àVent, Grange Blanche (south), Laënnec, Mermoz, Monplaisir-la-Plaine
9th arrondissement: Vaise, Duchère, Rochecardon, St-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe, Gorgede Loup, Observance, Champvert (north)
Geographically, Lyon's two main rivers, the Saône and the Rhône, divide the arrondissements into three groups:
To the west of the Saône, the fifth arrondissement covers the old city of Vieux Lyon, Fourvière hill and theplateau beyond. The 9th is immediately to the north, and stretches from Gorge de Loup, through Vaise to theneighbouring suburbs of Écully, Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or, Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or, Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Orand Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or.
Between the two rivers, on the Presqu'île, are the second, first, and fourth arrondissements. The secondincludes most of the city centre, Bellecour and Perrache railway station, and reaches as far as the confluenceof the two rivers. The first is directly to the north of the second and covers part of the city centre (including theHôtel de Ville) and the slopes of La Croix-Rousse. To the north of the Boulevard is the fourth arrondissement,which covers the Plateau of La Croix-Rousse, up to its boundary with the commune of Caluire-et-Cuire.
To the east of the Rhône, are the third, sixth, seventh, and eighth arrondissements.
This is a list of mayors of the commune of Lyon since the end of the 19th century.
Mayors