text: **Lyon**
  
  **Lyon**[c] (Franco-Provençal:*Liyon*) is the second-largest city in France 
  by urban area and the third largest by city limits.[14] It is located at the 
  confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the 
  French Alps, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of Paris, 278 km (173 mi) north 
  of Marseille, 113 km (70 mi) southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, 58 km 
  (36 mi) northeast of Saint-Étienne. 
  
  **Lyon**
  
  *Liyon*(Arpitan) 
  
  **Prefecture and commune**
  
  The City of Lyon had a population of 522,250 at the Jan. 2021 census 
  within its small municipal territory of 48 km2 (19 sq mi),[15] but 
  together with its suburbs and exurbs the Lyon metropolitan area had a 
  population of 2,308,818 that same year,[7] the second most populated in 
  France. Lyon and 58 suburban municipalities have formed since 2015 
  the Metropolis of Lyon, a directly elected metropolitan authority now in 
  charge of most urban issues, with a population of 1,424,069 in 2021.[16] 
  Lyon is the prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and seat of 
  the Departmental Council of Rhône (whose jurisdiction, however, no 
  longer extends over the Metropolis of Lyon since 2015). 
  
  Skyline of Lyon in La Part-Dieu 