Givors

Givors
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Métropole de Lyon
Arrondissement	Lyon
Coordinates	45 ° 35 ′ N , 4 ° 46 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 35 ′ N , 4 ° 46 ′ E
height	145–373 m
surface	17.34 km 2
Residents	19,975 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	1,152 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	69700
INSEE code	69091
Website	http://www.givors.fr/
	; Givors, in the background the motorway bridge over the Rhône

Givors is a commune and town with 19,975 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Métropole de Lyon in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Administratively it belongs to the Arrondissement of Lyon and was the capital of the canton of the same name until 2015 .

geography

The city is located around 25 kilometers south of Lyon at the mouth of the Gier River and the Rhone . This partially forms the border to the neighboring Isère department . The municipality is located on the edge of the Pilat Regional Nature Park and is associated with it as an access point.

Since 1832, consisting station Givors-Ville on the Saint-Étienne-Lyon railway , the second railway line in France. This line was later integrated into the Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache railway . Today he is by trains of TER Auvergne Rhône-Alpes the link Saint-Etienne-Châteaucreux - Lyon-Perrache served. Givors-Canal station is only served by TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on the Givors-Ville- Lyon-Perrache connection .

Neighboring communities are:

Montagny in the north
Grigny in the northeast
Ternay in the west
Chasse-sur-Rhône in the southeast (Isère department)

Loire-sur-Rhône in the south
Échalas and Saint-Romain-en-Gier in the southwest
Beauvallon to the west and northwest

politics

The mayor Martial Passi has been in office since 1991 and is elected until 2020. Like his predecessor Camille Vallin, who held the office from 1953 to 1993, Passi belongs to the Parti communiste français .

coat of arms

Description: Three golden bees in red (2: 1 set).

Symbolism: The coat of arms was under Napoleon in the right canton in the Golden Blue N for the initial of the emperor with hovering Star . A five-tower, silver wall crown in the coat of arms and a blue-bound silver half-open wreath surrounded the shield. This hung on a crosswise herald's staff .