Saint-Priest (Métropole de Lyon)
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Métropole de Lyon | |
| Arrondissement | Lyon | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 42 ′ N , 4 ° 57 ′ E | |
| height | 189-263 m | |
| surface | 29.71 km 2 | |
| Residents | 46,207 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,555 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 69800 | |
| INSEE code | 69290 | |
| Website | www.ville-saint-priest.fr | |
Saint-Priest is a French city with 46,207 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the metropolitan area of Lyon . Administratively, it belongs to the Arrondissement Lyon and Métropole de Lyon in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The inhabitants of the place are called San-Priots or Priestois .
Saint-Priest is located in the southeastern suburb of Lyon and experienced rapid growth especially in the 1960s and 1970s (population 1962: 10,681, 1982: 42,677). The city is an important industrial location, including the headquarters and a truck plant of Renault Trucks (the former Berliet plant ) and the headquarters of the bus manufacturer Irisbus . Saint-Priest is also the terminus of the T2 line of the Lyon tram .
The German twin town of Saint-Priest is Mühlheim am Main near Frankfurt am Main . The partnership emerged on the edge of the longstanding partnership between the cities of Lyon and Frankfurt. Saint-Priest is also twinned with Arezzo in Italy .
Saint-Priest was part of the canton of Saint-Priest until 2015 .
Personalities
- Joseph Rogniat (1776–1840), General of the Pioneers
- Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (* 1988), biathlete
- Eve Périsset (* 1994) football player
- Delphine Cascarino (* 1997), soccer player
Web links
- Official website of the city of Saint-Priest (in French)