Le Bachut is a quarter

Quarter (country subdivision)

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 in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon.
It is bisected the avenue Berthelot

Avenue Berthelot

Avenue Berthelot is a street in the 7th and 8th arrondissement of Lyon which connects the bridge Galliéni at the east to the A43 highway via the Avenue Jean Mermoz which extends it to the west.-History:...

 and rue Marius Berliet. Served by the tram

Tram

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, it is connected to the Presqu'île

Presqu'ile (Lyon)

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, to the Hôpital Édouard-Herriot and the university campus of Bron

Bron

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. In May 2007, the library of Bachut called Médiathèque Marguerite Duras

Marguerite Duras

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 was inaugurated, located at the Place du 11 November 1918. The Maison de la danse

Maison de la danse

The Maison de la danse is a theater located in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon. It was originally founded in 1980 within the Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse before moving in 1992 in what was called the Théâtre du 8ème. This very important place for dance in the Rhône-Alpes region makes programming of...

 of Lyon is also in the quarter.

History

During the Second World War, the square of Bachut was extended and the avenue Berthelot enlarged. At the time, J.H. Lambert planned for the post-war the construction of 6,840 housing units focused on the avenue Berthelot extended (current avenue Jean Mermoz), but these projects were eventually cancelled. In 1959, the 8th quarter was created. In the 1950s, the urbanization of the avenue Jean Mermoz

Jean Mermoz

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 was done : nine buildings from two to fifteen storeys to the north, forty-seven villas and seven buildings from two to twelve floors in the south. Maximum space was released between buildings to allow good ventilation and optimal sunlight optimal. In the 1960s, Bachut appeared as a line of life cut off from the rest of the quarter including the quarter of the États-Unis (a quarter of the 8th arrondissement) because of the barrier formed by the Paris-Rhone and Lenzburg factories. The quarter has a mix of low-rise buildings and HLM

HLM

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, which is not conducive to a homogenous neighborhood life. Then the municipality, to create a neighborhood center, asked the architect Bourdeix to do a complex including a public hall and a theater : the avenue Berthelot was expanded and the road junction Heyrieux-avenue Jean Mermoz was laid out.

With the completion of the tramway in 2001, the Place du 11 Novembre, always known Bachut, was relaid out. In May 2007, the Bachut became the center of the quarter with the construction of the Médiathèque Marguerite Duras.