What is Lyon?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Lyon | image_shield = Blason Ville fr Lyon.svg | leader_party = [[La République En Marche!]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Arrondissement of Lyon]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Arrondissements of France|Arrondissement]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Lyon Metropolis]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Territorial collectivity|Metropolis]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of France|Region]] | subdivision_name = [[France]] | subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]] | flag_size = 200 | official_name = | elevation_ft = 531-1,145 | elevation_m = 162-349 | pop_est_as_of = January 2016 | population_est = 513,001 | leader_name = [[Gerard Collomb]] | leader_title = Mayor (2018-) | parts_type = [[arrondissements]] | image_flag = Flag of Lyon, France.svg | settlement_type = [[Commune]] | population_metro = 2,265,000 }} [[File:Lyon-Paysages.jpg|thumb|Lyon]] [[File:Lyon dot.png|thumb|Location of Lyon in France]] [[File:Lyon griffon 01.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Place Du Griffon, Lyon, France'']] '''Lyon''' ([[Arpitan]]: ''Liyon'') is a [[city]] in the southeast of [[France]]. It is the third-largest city in the country (behind [[Paris]] and [[Marseille]]), with about 513,000 people living there in 2015. It is the second largest [[agglomeration|''metropolis'']], or metro area, in France (behind only that of Paris), with about 2.3 million people in 2014. In [[ancient history]], the name of Lyon was ''Lugdunum''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lugdunum (Lyon) - Livius|url=https://www.livius.org/articles/place/lugdunum-lyon/|access-date=2024-11-14|website=www.livius.org}}</ref> Someone who lives in Lyon is called a ''Lyonnais'' (male) or a ''Lyonnaise'' (female) in French. Lyon has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (''Cfa'' in the [[Koeppen clima