text: **Metropolis**
  Since 2015, the commune of Lyon (48 km2 (19 sq mi) in land area) and 58 suburban communes 
  have formed the Metropolis of Lyon (534 km2 (206 sq mi) in land area), a directly elected 
  metropolitan authority now in charge of most urban issues. The Metropolis of Lyon is the only 
  metropolitan authority in France which is a territorial collectivity, on par with French communes 
  and departments. Its metropolitan council was for the first time directly elected by universal 
  suffrage in 2020 within 14 electoral wards, the only directly elected metropolitan council in 
  France. 
  
  The 14 electoral wards are the following (see map for location): 
  
   Lônes et coteaux 
  
  Map of the Metropolis of 
  Lyon and its 59 
  communes (the 
  commune of Lyon is in 
  red) 
  
   Lyon-Centre (Lyon-Centre) 
  
   Lyon-Est (Lyon-East) 
   Lyon-Nord (Lyon-North) 
  
   Lyon-Ouest 
  
   Lyon-Sud 
   Lyon-Sud-Est 
  
   Ouest 
   Plateau Nord-Caluire 
  
   Porte des Alpes 
  
   Portes du Sud 
   Rhône Amont 
  
   Val de Saône 
  
   Villeurbanne 
  
  The six wards with names starting with "Lyon" are all located within the commune of Lyon. The Villeurbanne ward is 
  coterminous with the namesake commune. All other seven wards each group various suburban communes. 