Lyon

Lyon 
  (In French: Lyon) is the third largest city in terms of population after the city of Paris and Marseille, the capital of the Rhone province and the Rhone Alpes region in the southeast of the country. Tf between the cities of Paris and Marseille. Lyon lies 470 km (292 miles) from Paris, 320 km (199 miles) from Marseille 0.160 km (99 miles) from Geneva 0.280 km (174 miles) from Turin, and 600 kilometers (373 miles) from Brchillona.faha meet Rhone rivers, and Elson. Lyon is divided into nine circles of postal codes 69001 69009. Even famous with making fabric, especially silk and rayon. The city has a large number of spinning, weaving and dyeing companies. It is also famous for its automobile industry, chemical industry, and electrical, as well as agriculture products. In 1998, UNESCO organized the old city of Lyon in the classified a World Heritage site. And the headquarters of Interpol

History 
Lyon city built at the site near the mouth of the Rhone River into the sea and became the capital of Gaul and old are considered at the present time the oldest archaeological site Roman after Rome itself is located at the deepest point in the Rhone Valley and is the capital city of silk where jacquard method invented in the textile and is currently the capital area Rhone Alpes and enjoy unique in central Europe location is a great city and replete with factories, businesses and Allaswaq condemns the city of Lyon in her outstanding areas surrounding the hills towering vast plains and rivers around them and the city is home to many of the cultural institutions that contribute to enhance its reputation and international include Opera Lyon Institute of light and 27 museum also includes city Museum of Fine Arts, which occupies the monastery Abanndict demographic site (St. Pierre) Palace, a miniature model of the Louvre as there is in the city 30 Restaurant of the finest restaurants as well as there are passages covered up between the street and another through the squares and buildings as possible accessible Arab countries through the Lyon international Airport or via Geneva, which is 4 to 5 hours and reach the city's trains reached by a wide network of cities and its neighboring airport. Called the «city of Mesopotamia» because it is the confluence of the Rhone, and Elson is Paris after the third largest French cities in terms of population. With a population of 483 181 people, either in urban agglomerations population stands at around 1422331 people, and is the administrative capital of the Rhone and Rhone-Alpine region.

Geography 
And dominates geographically Lyon by rivers Rhône and Saône converge to the south of the historic city center forming the peninsula or "Briskyl"; two large hills, one to the west and one to the north of the historic city center, large and easy, which extends eastward from the historic city center . The original city was built in the Middle Ages (Vieux Lyon) in the West Bank of the River Saone at the foot of the hill (Vorvil) west Briskyl. This area, is recognized along with parts of Briskyl and a lot of (Crooks Russian) in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site. To the west (Vorvil), known as "the worshiper of the hill", Archbishop's Palace, and a tour of the (TV tower is very clear, repeat the last stage of the Eiffel Tower) and the funicular (a railway on a steep hill).

Climate 
Weather Lyon is a barrier between the oceanic climate and climate similarities orbital. City colder than the rest of France is the winter as a result of its location, generally cool Lisse, an average of 3.2 ° (37.8 F °) in January. And the warm air in the summer, have an average of 21.3 ° (70.3 F °) in July. The rain falls by enough throughout the year, at an average of 840 millimeters (33.1 inches), but the winter months are more general drier months, where it rains in summer

Culture 
Lyon is famous for its long-lights (in French: Fête des Lumières), which will be on 8 December in each year, and this celebration is dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Mary, peace be upon her). This celebration is characterized by Lyon, where the inhabitants of the city put candles and lights lit the streets of the city, holiday lights continue in Lyon about 4 days, in addition to the lights on the balconies of houses there are different presentations on light and special performances where light is used in the manufacture of very beautiful forms on city ​​buildings, comes hundreds of thousands of people annually from France and the world to see this show.