Apartments for sale in Lyon. The third largest city in France after Paris and Marseille and the capital of the Rhone-Alps region, Lyon is an exciting city located in east central France.
Description : It is a major centre of business and has a reputation as the French capital of gastronomy and a significant role in the history of cinema. Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, Lyon forms the second largest metropolitan area in France after Paris, with 1,783,400 inhabitants at the 2007 estimate, and approximately the 20th to 25th largest metropolitan area of Western Europe. Lyon is also the international headquarters of Interpol and EuroNews. At the crossroads of the mountains and the sea, this European metropolis benefits from a strategic geographical position equipped with an exceptional thoroughfare network (international airport, TGV station, highways).