Givors
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Métropole de Lyon | |
Arrondissement | Lyon | |
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:
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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 .
Town twinning
Sister cities of Givors are
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Personalities
- Anthony Lopes (* 1990), Portuguese football goalkeeper
Web links
proof
- ↑ Ville de Givors - Jumelages , accessed September 27, 2017