Bron (Métropole de Lyon)

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Bron
Bron coat of arms
Bron (France)
Bron
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Métropole de Lyon
Arrondissement Lyon
Coordinates 45 ° 44 ′  N , 4 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 44 ′  N , 4 ° 55 ′  E
height 183-221 m
surface 10.30 km 2
Residents 41,543 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 4,033 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 69500
INSEE code 69029
Website www.ville-bron.fr

Bron is a French city with 41,543 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) near Lyon in the Métropole de Lyon in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality is the sixth largest suburb in the agglomeration and one of the industrial centers of the region.

geography

The city of Bron is located in the southeast of the Lyon agglomeration . The community is shaped by industry, especially metal and glass processing companies.

history

The first mention of the place Bron comes from the year 1202. The oldest traces of human settlement, which were discovered in 1967/68 in the municipal cemetery, are dated to the year 61 BC. After centuries of rural character, Bron developed into an industrial city in the 19th century thanks to its proximity to the city of Lyon and the improvement of the infrastructure, for example with the tramway from Lyon that opened in 1881 . In 1866 the place had only 1,041 inhabitants, in 1921 6,397 and in 1931 12,423. Massive growth followed especially in the 1950s and 1960s; the highest population to date of 44,995 was reached in 1975.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 26,959 41,619 44,563 40,638 39,683 37,369 38,881 41,543
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • The Fort de Bron is a military facility from 1872 to 1875; it was built to secure the new French borders after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871
  • The Lyon-Bron Airport is the second busiest airport of Lyon (after the airport Aéroport Lyon-Saint-Exupery ) and is in the area of the city Bron. The first flights took place in 1910. Regular flight operations began in 1924. It was expanded into a modern airport in 1957.
  • St. Denis Church

Town twinning

Bron is affiliated with through town twinning

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ L'Histoire de Bron ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the official website of the place @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ville-bron.fr
  2. ↑ Evolution de la population on the private website "Lumière sur la passé de Bron"

Web links

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