Bron

Bron

French commune
nomcommune=Bron
région=Rhône-Alpes
département=Rhône
arrondissement=Lyon
canton=Bron
insee=69029
cp=69500
maire=Annie Guillemot
mandat=2001 - 2008
intercomm=Communauté urbaine de Lyon
longitude=4.913888
latitude=45.739444
alt moy=212 m
alt mini=183 m
alt maxi=221 m
hectares=1,030
km²=10.3
sans=37,369
date-sans=1999
dens=3,628
date-dens=1999

Bron is a town in France, approximately 10 km to the east of Lyon. It is a commune Rhône "département" and the Rhône-Alpes "région" of France. It is the sixth-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is adjacent to its east side. It forms part of the "Grand Lyon" (Greater Lyon) Urban Community.

History

The earliest traces of life in Bron can be found in the cemetery and date from 71 BC. The town as it is today did not take shape until approximately 1812.

Bron was spared much of the damage caused by the riots in many of France's suburbs in the 1990s, such as in Venissieux and Villeurbanne.

Geography

The town is 212 metres above sea level and has an area of roughly 10 km².

ights

Bron has a fort (erected between 1872 and 1876).

Transport

Public transport
Bron is served by the following TCL (Lyon public transport) services:

*Metro
** Line D (Gare de Vaise to Gare de Vénissieux) – served by 2 stations (Mermoz-Pinel and Parilly) located on the boundary with Lyon.

*Tram
** Line T2 (Perrache to Saint-Priest Bel-Air) – served by 8 stations.

*Bus
** 24 (Bachut – Bron – Sept Chemins)
** 25 (Cordeliers – Gare Part-Dieu – Montchat – Sept Chemins)
** 26 (Bachut – Bron Aéroport – Manissieux)
** 64 (Laurent Bonnevay – La Soie – Bron Droits de l'Homme)
** 68 (Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie – ChassieuAzieu)
** 78 (Mermoz-Pinel – Parc du Chêne – Sept Chemins)
** 79 (Grange Blanche – Bron – Décines or Chassieu)
** 81 (Laurent Bonnevay – Bron – Porte des Alpes)
** 82 (Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie – Bron – La Borelle)

Bron airport

Lyon–Bron Airport (technically located in the communes of Chassieu and Saint-Priest) has existed since 1920, although much of its commercial activity was diverted to Satolas (Saint-Exupéry International Airport), Lyon's main airport, in 1975.

Miscellaneous

Bron is home to part of the University of Lyon 2. The Bron campus is located on the south-eastern edge of the town, close to the Parc de Parilly and Saint-Priest.

The current mayor (since 1999) is Annie Guillemot.

Bron is twinned with the Scottish new town of Cumbernauld.

External links

* [http://www.ville-bron.fr/ Official website]
* [http://www.histoire-bron.org/ History of Bron] (in French)


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