ADERLY - INVEST IN LYON Lyon Area Economic Development Agency Place de la Bourse 69289 Lyon Cedex 02 - France tél. : 33 (0)4 72 40 57 50 NEW fax : 33 (0)4 72 40 57 35
[email protected] FOR GUIDE RESIDENTS www.investinlyon.com / www.onlylyon.com HELLO! Have you just moved to Lyon or the Lyon area? Has your company offered you the opportunity to take up new challenges here? Has your partner persuaded you to come here to further a career? A new city, a new life... where you will have to find your feet and explore a new environment. With this guide book, Aderly aims to help you integrate during your adaptation period. It provides key information for your first steps as a «gone» (Lyonnais word for Lyonnais!) We have done our best to include useful contacts, insider knowledge and helpful addresses. Emergency numbers, useful contacts, day-to-day information, administrative procedures, transport, international communities, culture, tourism, leisure, shopping... this guide book aims to be clear and helpful, and to become a vital part of your day-to-day life! Welcome to Lyon! We have taken every care to ensure that the information contained in this guide is correct at the time of going to press. However, it is not intended to be exhaustive. We accept no responsibility for any error or omission. • HISTORY AND KEY STATISTICS 5 • EMERGENCY AND USEFUL NUMBERS 9 • HEALTH AND SAFETY 13 • DAY-TO-DAY SERVICES 19 • ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES 29 • TRANSPORTS 39 • CONSULATES AND CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS 49 • LEARNING 53 CONTENTS • FAITHS 57 • CULTURE - ENTERTAINMENT 61 • MEDIA 79 • SHOPPING AND MARKETS 83 • SPORT AND WELLBEING 91 • FOOD AND DRINK 95 • TOURISM AND PLACES TO VISIT 111 • GLOSSARY 123 • PERSONAL NOTES 127 2 3 HISTORY & KEY STATISTICS 4 5 LOCATED AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE SAÔNE AND THE RHÔNE, LYON HAS BEEN A LISTED UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE SINCE 1998.