Bron

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For other uses, see Bron (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 45°44′22″N 4°54′50″E / 45.739444, 4.913888

Administration
Commune of Bron
Location

Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Lyon
Canton	Bron
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine de Lyon
Mayor	Annie Guillemot (2001 - 2008)
Statistics
Elevation	183 m–221 m (avg. 212 m)
Land area^¹	10.3 km²
Population^² (1999)	37,369
- Density	3,628/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	69029/ 69500
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bron is a new town in France, approximately 10 km to the east of Lyon. It is a commune Rhône département and the Rhône-Alpes région of France. It is the sixth-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is adjacent to its east side. It is a component of the metropolitan Urban Community of Lyon.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Sights
4 Transport
5 Miscellaneous
6 External links

[edit] History

The earliest traces of life in Bron can be found in the cemetery and date from 71 BC. The town as it is today did not take shape until approximately 1812.

Bron was spared much of the damage caused by the riots in many of France's suburbs in the 1990s, such as in Venissieux and Villeurbanne.

[edit] Geography

The town is 212 metres above sea level and has an area of roughly 10 km².

[edit] Sights

Bron has a fort (erected between 1872 and 1876).

[edit] Transport

An airport has existed in the town since 1920, although much of its commercial activity was diverted to Satolas Saint-Exupéry International Airport, Lyon's main airport, in 1975.