List of the streets in Lyon
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This page lists the main streets and squares in Lyon
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Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
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- Place AmpèrePlace AmpèreThe Place Ampère is a pedestrian square located in the Ainay square, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. It is nearly the middle of the rue Victor Hugo and is served by the metro station Ampère - Victor Hugo.-History:...
- Rue Antoine Sallès
- Cours Albert Thomas
- Rue de l'Arbre-SecRue de l'Arbre-SecThe Rue de l'Arbre-Sec is an old street located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, near the Place des Terreaux and the Opera Nouvel. It starts perpendicular to the rue Édouard-Herriot and ends with the Quai Jean Moulin crossing the rue de la République...
- Rue des ArchersRue des ArchersThe Rue des Archers is a street located in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, in the Cordeliers quarter. It is near the Place Bellecour. The traffic goes from the rue Édouard-Herriot to the place des Célestins, and is regulated on the part leading to the rue de la République...
- Passage de l'ArguePassage de l'ArgueThe Passage de l'Argue is a covered hall located in the Bellecour quarter, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, which connects the rue de la République to the rue Édouard-Herriot and the rue de Brest. This is one of the oldest arcades in French Province, built on the same model as the Parisian ones...
- Place d'Arsonval
- Rue d'AusterlitzRue d'AusterlitzThe Rue d'Austerlitz is a street in the 4th arrondissement of Lyon, in La Croix-Rousse quarter. It begins on the rue du Mail, at the corner of Place de la Croix-Rousse, crosses the rue du Pavilion, the rue de Belfort and the rue Aimé Boussange, and ends on Place Bellevue. Its name refers to the...
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- Rue du Bât-d'ArgentRue du Bât-d'ArgentThe Rue du Bât-d'Argent is an old street which crosses perpendicularly a part of the Presqu'île quarter in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon. It begins at the rue Édouard-Herriot, in continuation of the rue du Plâtre, crosses the rue de la République and the rue du Garet, and ends on the Quai Jean...
- Boulevard des BelgesBoulevard des BelgesThe Boulevard des Belges is a wide and posh avenue located in Les Brotteaux quarter, in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon. It begins with the Quai de Grande Bretagne, runs along the southern part of the Parc de la Tête d'Or until the Avenue Verguin and ends on the Place Jules Ferry, in front of the...
- Place BellecourPlace BellecourThe Place Bellecour is a large town square in Lyon, France, to the north of the Ainay district. Measuring 312 m by 200 m , it is the largest clear square in Europe, and the third biggest square of France, behind the place des Quinconces in Bordeaux et the place de la...
- Place Benoît-CrépuPlace Benoît-CrépuThe Place Benoît-Crépu is a stone-paved square, located in Saint-Georges quarter, on the banks of the Saône , in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. It has fountains with dolphin heads, many benches and trees and a playground. The place belongs to the area classified as World Heritage Site by...
- Rue du Sergent BlandanRue du Sergent BlandanThe Rue du Sergent Blandan is one of the oldest streets of Lyon. It connects Saint Vincent and the slopes of the Croix-Rousse quarters, in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon. The street starts rue Pareille, runs along the Place Sathonay, crosses the rue Hippolyte Flandrin, the rue Louis Vitet and the...
- Rue Bichat
- Rue Bossuet
- Rue des Bouquetiers
- Rue de la BourseRue de la BourseThe Rue de la Bourse is a street located mainly in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, and also in the 1st arrondissement. It starts on the Place des Cordeliers, in the 2nd arrondissement, in front of the Église Saint-Bonaventure, and ends at right angles to the Rue du Bât-d'Argent, beyond which it is...
- Boulevard des Brotteaux
- Rue de BrestRue de BrestThe Rue de Brest is a street located in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. This is one of the main shopping and tourist streets of the city center, parallel to the rue Édouard-Herriot...
- Rue BurdeauRue BurdeauThe Rue Burdeau is a street located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, at the bottom of the slopes of La Croix-Rousse, just above the Église Saint-Polycarpe, between the Saône and the Rhône. It leads at one side to the Montée Saint-Sébastien and at the other to the Jardin des Plantes and crosses...
- Rue du BœufRue du BœufThe Rue du Bœuf is a 188-metre cobbled pedestrian street of the Vieux Lyon quarter, located in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. Very representative of the Renaissance architecture of the neighborhood, it is lined only with old houses from the 16th or 17th century...
- Rue Bugeaud
- Avenue BerthelotAvenue BerthelotAvenue 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:...
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- Boulevard des Canuts
- Rue des CapucinsRue des CapucinsThe Rue des Capucins is a street located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, between the slopes of La Croix-Rousse and the Place des Terreaux. Straight but slightly inclined, it continues the rue du Sergent Blandan, begins with the Place des Capucins and ends on the Place Croix-Paquet. It is...
- Montée des CarmélitesMontée des CarmélitesThe Montée des Carmélites is one of the oldest streets of Lyon, dating from Roman times, located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon. It connects the Saint-Vincent quarter to the Plateau de la Croix-Rousse...
- Place CarnotPlace CarnotThe Place Carnot is a square located in the Perrache quarter, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon.-Location:The Place Carnot is at the end of the Presqu'île, near the Perrache railway station. Bordered by the rue de Condé, it can be accessed by the rue Victor Hugo, through the rue Henri IV and rue...
- Rue du Président Carnot
- Cours CharlemagneCours CharlemagneThe Cours Charlemagne is a large central street located in the Perrache quarter, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. This street is dedicated to Charlemagne, who came several times in Lyon. In addition, the bishop Leidrade represented the emperor in the city and by his great work of reconstruction...
- Rue des Chartreux
- Rue Chevreul
- Rue Claudia
- Rue Constantine
- Rue de CréquiRue de CréquiLa Rue de Créqui is a very long street located in the 7th, 3rd and 6th arrondissements of Lyon. It is a long straight line along the rue Duguesclin or the rue de Vendôme, that begins on the Grande Rue de la Guillotière in the 7th arrondissement and ends at the north in the 6th, on the Boulevard des...
- Place Croix-PaquetPlace Croix-PaquetThe Place Croix-Paquet is a square located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, in the pentes de la Croix-Rousse quarter. It is formed by the intersection of the rue du Griffon, the rue des Capucins and the montée Saint-Sébastien...
- Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse
- Grande rue de la Croix-Rousse
- Place de la Croix-Rousse
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- Rue Dubois
- Rue Duquesne
- Rue DumengeRue DumengeThe Rue Dumenge is a street located in the 4th arrondissement of Lyon, in the quarter of La Croix-Rousse. It begins on the rue du Mail, acrosses the rue du Pavillon and the rue de Belfort and ends on the rue Dumont-d'Urville...
- Rue du Dauphiné
- Rue DuguesclinRue DuguesclinThe Rue Duguesclin is a long street in Lyon crossing directly wholly the 6th and the 3rd arrondissement, and ends in the 7th arrondissement. This 2,800-meter street starts at the Boulevard des Belges and ends on the rue Rachais...
- Rue Docteur Bonhomme
- Rue Docteur Rebatel
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- Avenue Foch (Lyon)
- Rue du Fort Saint-Irénée
- Avenue des Frères Lumière
- Cours Franklin Roosevelt
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- Rue de GadagneRue de GadagneThe Rue de Gadagne is a paved pedestrian street of the Saint-Jean quarter, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. It extends the rue du Bœuf and ends on the rue Lainerie that leads itself to the Place Saint-Paul...
- Cours Gambetta
- Rue GaribaldiRue GaribaldiThe Rue Garibaldi is a wide and long street in Lyon, located in the 7th, 3rd and 6th arrondissements, and named after Italian politician Giuseppe Garibaldi. There was also a square named Place Garibaldi in reference to his nephews, died during the World War I....
- Montée du GourguillonMontée du GourguillonThe Montée du Gourguillon is a very old street of the hill of Fourvière in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon, between the Saint-Jean and Saint-Just quarters. It begins from the Place de la Trinité and ends with the rue des Farges. The street belongs to the zone classified as World Heritage Site by...
- Rue Grenette
- Grande rue de la Guillotière
- Montée de la Grande CôteMontée de la Grande CôteThe Montée de la Grande Côte, or the Montée de la Grande-Côte, is a street of La Croix-Rousse quarter, located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, connecting the Terreaux quarter and the Plateau de la Croix Rousse. It is characterized by a high elevation and is more narrow at the bottom...
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- Place des JacobinsPlace des JacobinsThe Place des Jacobins is a square located in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. It was created in 1556 and a fountain was added in 1856. The square belongs to the zone classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO...
- Avenue Jean Jaurès
- Boulevard Jean XXIII
- Juiverie
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- Avenue Lacassagne
- Cours Lafayette
- Rue LainerieRue LainerieThe Rue Lainerie is an ancient cobbled pedestrian street of the Vieux Lyon quarter, in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. From north to south, it connects two quarters, Saint-Paul and Saint-Jean, and more precisely the Place du Change and the Place Saint-Paul. There is currently an academy of music ...
- Rue LanterneRue LanterneThe Rue Lanterne is one of the oldest streets of Lyon created the Middle Ages, which is located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon. It begins after the rue d'Algérie and ends against a facade of the rue Longue.-History:...
- Cours de la Liberté
- Rue Longue
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- Rue Marietton
- Rue des MarronniersRue des MarronniersThe Rue des Marronniers is a street located in the Bellecour quarter, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. It is a small paved pedestrian street famous for its many bouchons. It is served by the metro station Bellecour and many buses...
- Rue de Marseille
- Rue Molière
- Rue Montgolfier
- Rue Monseigneur-Lavarenne
- Rue Mazard
- Rue MercièreRue MercièreRue Mercière is a street of Les Cordeliers quarter in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. From north to south, it connects the Place des Jacobins to the Place d'Albon. This street is served by metro stations Bellecour and Cordeliers of the line and by the bus station Jacobins of the lines 91 and 99...
- Rue de Montbrillant
- Rue Malesherbes
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- Rue Pasteur
- Rue du Bon Pasteur
- Quai de la Pêcherie
- Rue Pernon
- Quai Perrache
- Avenue du Point-du-Jour
- Place du Point-du-Jour
- Rue de la PoulaillerieRue de la PoulaillerieThe Rue de la Poulaillerie is a street located in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France. It was first named rue Vaudran, and also rue Maudite in reference to Peter Waldo, who founded what was considered a heresy at the time, the street received its current name from the fact that people exchanged...
- Rue du Professeur-Patel
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- Place Rhodiacéta
- Rue Ruplinger
- Rue de la République
- Rue Romarin
- Quai Romain Rolland
- Rue Rachais
- Rue RoyaleRue Royale, LyonThe Rue Royale is a street located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon and was the main street of the quarter when it was created. It starts between the Place Servetus and the Rue de Provence and ends by joining the Grande Rue des Feuillants. There are many traboules closed which link the street with...
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- Quai Saint-Antoine
- Rue Sainte-CatherineRue Sainte-Catherine, LyonThis article is about the street in Lyon. For other streets of this name, see Rue Sainte-Catherine .The rue Sainte-Catherine is a very old street at the foot of the slopes of La Croix-Rousse quarter, in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon. It is particularly known for being a drinking street...
- Rue Saint-Georges
- Rue Saint-Jean
- Rue Gabriel Sarrazin
- Place SathonayPlace SathonayThe Place Sathonay is a square located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, France, at the bottom of hill of La Croix-Rousse, in La Martinière quarter. It was named after Nicolas-Marie-Jean-Claude Fay de Sathonay, mayor of Lyon from 1805 to 1812, as a tribute for all the importants works undertaken...
- Avenue de SaxeAvenue de SaxeThe Avenue du Maréchal de Saxe is a broad avenue located in the 3rd and the 6th arrondissements of Lyon. It was named after Maurice de Saxe, Marshal of France.-Architecture and description:...
- Rue Soeur Bouvier
- Cours Suchet
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- Rue Terme
- Place des TerreauxPlace des TerreauxThe Place des Terreaux is a square located in the centre of Lyon, France on the Presqu'île between the Rhône and the Saône, at the foot of the hill of La Croix-Rousse in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon...
- Avenue Thiers
- Passage ThiaffaitPassage ThiaffaitThe Passage Thiaffait is an urban area located on the slopes of La Croix-Rousse, in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon. It has an entry by a portico and is a curved traboule which ends with a staircase leading to the hill...
- Rue Thomassin
- Avenue Tony-Garnier
- Place de la TrinitéPlace de la TrinitéThe Place de la Trinité is a square located in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon. The square, fully paved and surrounded by old buildings like the sun house , is more a crossing of small streets than a real square. It is on the hillside of Fourvière and is the low extremity of the hill of Gourguillon...
- Place de Trion
- Rue de Trion
- Rue TronchetRue TronchetThe Rue Tronchet is a street located in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon, named after French jurist François Denis Tronchet .-Location and history:...
- Impasse Turquet
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- Rue Vauban
- Cours de Verdun
- Rue Victor-Hugo
- Rue de la Vieille
- Rue Villon
- Cours Vitton
- Grande rue de Vaise
- Rue Vide-Bourse
- Rue de VendômeRue de VendômeThe Rue de Vendôme is a very long street located in Lyon. It begins with the Avenue de Grande Bretagne, along the Rhône, in the 6th arrondissement, and ends with the Cours Gambetta, in the 3rd arrondissement, after crossing the Place Guichard.-History:...
- Boulevard Vivier Merle
- Rue de La Vilette
- Cour des VoracesCour des VoracesThe Cour des Voraces, also called Maison de la République, is a building court in the Pentes quarter, in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, and famous for its enormous six-floor stairway of facade...