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edit  Lyon Lyon, also known as Liyon in Arpetan, is a city in east-central France in the region Rhône-Alpes. Its name is pronounced  [ljɔ̃] (help·info) in French and Arpitan, and /liːˈɒn/ (Lyon) or /ˈlaɪ.ənz/ (Lyons) in English. Lyon is the second-largest French urban area, the first being Paris and the third Marseille. It is a major center of business, situated between Paris and Marseille, and has a reputation as the French capital of gastronomy and having a significant role in the history of cinema with Auguste and Louis Lumière. The local professional football team, Olympique Lyonnais, has increased the profile of Lyon internationally through participation in European football championships. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais. Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, Lyon forms the second-largest metropolitan area in France after that of Paris, with a population estimated to be 1,748,271 in urban area. Its administrative urban region called Urban Community of Lyon, represents 20% of the Rhône-Alpes région population with 1,2 million inhabitant. Lyon is also a major industrial center specializing in chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries. There is also a significant software industry with a particular focus on video games. Show new selections edit  Selected article Lugdunum In the Gallic Empire, Lyon was Lugdunum and was the Capital of Gaul. For 300 years after its foundation Lugdunum was the most important city in north-western Europe. Two emperors, Claudius (Germanicus) and Caracalla, were born in Lugdunum. The original Roman city was situated west of the confluence of the Rhône and Saône, on the Fourvière heights. By the late centuries of the empire much of the population was located in the Saône River valley at the foot of Fourvière. edit  Selected biography Major General Claude Martin b. 4 January 1735 – d. 13 September 1800 Major General Claude Martin was an officer in the French, and later the British, army in India. He rose to the position of Major General in the British East India Company. Martin was born in Lyon, France, into a humble background, and was a self-made man who has left a substantial lasting legacy in the form of his writings, buildings and the educational institutions he founded posthumously. There are seven schools named after him, two in Lucknow, two in Calcutta and three in Lyon. More selected biographies... Read more... edit  In the News Portal:Lyon/Current events edit  Selected picture Credit: Vincent Bloch The Roman theater at Forvière More selected pictures... Read more... edit  Did you know? ... Other "Did you know" facts... edit  Categories The following are categories relating to Lyon. [+] Lyon edit  Topics edit  Related WikiProjects WikiProject France  WikiProject French dialects  WikiProject European Union  edit  Related Portals Paris Portal  France Portal  edit  Things to do Things you can do to help improve this Portal: Improve the article Lyon. Improve the article Grand Lyon Create a nice template for the portal pages shortcut and transports. Translate from french articles of each arrondissements of Lyon following the example of the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. Put the the metro stations on the discticts of Lyon using the templates Lyon metro. Improve the design of the portal which's not definitive and need to be more attractive. Translate fr:Ponts de Lyon in Bridges of Lyon Translate fr:P4 Jean Merieux in Laboratory P4 Lyon Jean Merieux edit  Wikimedia Lyon on Wikibooks  Lyon on Wikimedia Commons Lyon on Wikinews  Lyon on Wikiquote  Lyon on Wikisource  Lyon on Wikiversity  Lyon on Wiktionary  Manuals and books Images and media News Quotations Texts Learning resources Definitions What are portals? · List of portals · Featured portals Purge server cache