9th arrondissement (Lyon)

9th arrondissement ; Arrondissement municipal of Lyon
Coordinates	45 ° 46 ′ 31 ″ N , 4 ° 48 ′ 19 ″ E Coordinates: 45 ° 46 ′ 31 ″ N , 4 ° 48 ′ 19 ″ E
Residents	50,687 (Jan. 1, 2017)
INSEE code	69389
Post Code	69009
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Quarters	Vaise ; Gorge-de-Loup ; La Duchère ; Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe

The 9th arrondissement is one of the nine arrondissements (boroughs) of the French city of Lyon . In 2014, 48,824 people lived here.

The arrondissement is located in the northwest of the urban area of Lyon. It is bounded to the east by the Saône ; the river island Île Barbe is one of them. In the north it borders on Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or , Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or and Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or , in the northeast, where the Saône forms the city limits Caluire-et-Cuire , to the east to the 4th and 1st arrondissement , to the south to the 5th arrondissement and to the west to Tassin-la-Demi-Lune and Écully .

history

By decree of August 12, 1964, the northern part was separated from the 5th arrondissement and combined with the municipality of Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe (it was incorporated on August 1, 1963) to form the new 9th arrondissement.