text: Parc de la Tête d'or, aka Golden Head Park, in central Lyon is the largest 
  urban park in France at 117 hectares (290 acres). Located in the 6th 
  arrondissement, it features a large lake on which boating takes place 
  during the summer months. 
  Jardin botanique de Lyon (8 hectares (20 acres)), included in the Parc de 
  la Tête d'Or, is a municipal botanical garden and is open weekdays 
  without charge. The garden was established in 1857 as a successor to 
  earlier botanical gardens dating to 1796, and now describes itself as 
  France's largest municipal botanical garden. 
  Parc de Gerland, in the south of the city (80 hectares (200 acres)) 
  Parc des hauteurs, in Fourvières 
  Parc de Miribel-Jonage (2,200 hectares (5,400 acres)) 
  Parc de Lacroix-Laval (115 hectares (280 acres)) 
  Parc de Parilly (178 hectares (440 acres)) 