Villeurbanne
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Villeurbanne is a commune in the Rhône depairtment in eastren Fraunce.
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Villeurbanne | |
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Coordinates: 45°46′00″N 4°52′49″E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Metropolis | Metropolis of Lyon |
Arrondissement | Lyon |
Canton | Villeurbanne-Centre, Villeurbanne-Nord, an Villeurbanne-Sud |
Intercommunality | Lyon |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2001–2014) | Jean-Paul Bret (PS) |
Area 1 | 14.52 km2 (5.61 sq mi) |
Population (2006)2 | 139,596 |
• Density | 9,600/km2 (25,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 69266 /69100 |
Elevation | 165–189 m (541–620 ft) (avg. 181 m or 594 ft) |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
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It is situated northeast o Lyon, wi which it forms the hert o the seicont-lairgest metropolitan aurie in Fraunce efter that o Paris. Villeurbanne is the seicont-lairgest ceety in the depairtment.