Bron

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For another use of this word see Bron language

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Administration
Commune of Bron
Location
Longitude	04° 54' 50" E
Latitude	45° 44' 22" N
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Lyon
Canton	Bron
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine de Lyon
Mayor	Annie Guillemot (2001 - 2008)
Statistics
Altitude	183 m–221 m (avg. 212 m)
Land area¹	10.3 km²
Population² (1999)	37,369
- Density (1999)	3,628/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	69029/ 69500
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

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 we know it today did not really take shape until approximately 1812.

Bron was spared much of the damage due to 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.