5th arrondissement of Lyon

The 5th arrondissement of Lyon is one of the nine arrondissements of the City of Lyon.

5th arrondissement of Lyon
French municipal arrondissement
Coordinates: 45°45′30.42″N 4°47′56.56″E
CountryFrance
RegionRhône-Alpes
MetropolisLyon Metropolis
ArrondissementLyon
CommuneLyon
Government
 • MayorBéatrice Gailliout
Area
 • Total6.23 km2 (2.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
 • Total49,409
 • Density7,900/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
1 Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

History

The 5th arrondissement was created on 24 March 1852 (date of creation of the first five arrondissements). It is the historic center of Lyon. It is at Fourvière that Munatius Plancus founded the Roman colony of Lugdunum in 43 BC. It was in this arrondissement that the Roman and medieval Lyon flourishes just before crossing the Saône.

Historic quarters of Lyon are well known, which are all touristic sites, but behind the Vieux Lyon and Fourvière, there are the residential areas of the Point du Jour, Champvert, Ménival, Saint-Irénée which remain misunderstood but still show traces of the Roman past of the city.

The Decree of 1 August 1963 linked the town of Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe to the 5th arrondissement. But the following year, the district was divided, as the northern part became the 9th arrondissement of Lyon (Decree of 12 August 1964).

Geography

Area and demographics
  • 623 ha
  • 1999 : 46,985 inhabitants
  • 2005 : 46,300 inhabitants
  • 2006 : 47,330 inhabitants
  • Relative density : 7,542 inhabitants/km2

Quarters

Streets and squares

Parks

Architecture

Monuments and buildings

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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