Villeurbanne
Villeurbanne
Velorbana (Arpitan) | |
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The Hôtel de Ville in Villeurbanne | |
Location of Villeurbanne | |
| Coordinates: 45°46′00″N 4°52′49″E / 45.7667°N 4.8803°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Metropolis | Lyon Metropolis |
| Arrondissement | Lyon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Cédric Van Styvendael (PS) |
Area 1 | 14.52 km2 (5.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 162,207 |
| • Density | 11,000/km2 (29,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 69266 /69100 |
| Elevation | 165–189 m (541–620 ft) (avg. 181 m or 594 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Villeurbanne (French pronunciation: [vilœʁban] ⓘ; Arpitan: Velorbana) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.
It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France after that of Paris. Villeurbanne is the second-largest commune in the metropolitan area of Lyon and the 20th most populated in France, and the most populous commune that is neither a prefecture nor a sub-prefecture. In 2013, Villeurbanne was elected the city with the best administration of France, which attracts more and more people.