Lyon
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Lyon, formerly spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of Paris, 278 km (173 mi) north of Marseille, 113 km (70 mi) southwest of Geneva, 58 km (36 mi) northeast of Saint-Étienne.
Basilica Notre-Dame de Fourvière
Image: France 003038 Basilica of Notre Dame de Fourvière (15939822990 cropped)
Image: Fontaine Bartholdi Place des Terreaux (cropped)
Image: Pont R08 Lafayet 10
Rhône
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The Rhône is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Arles, near its mouth, the river divides into the Great Rhône and the Little Rhône. The resulting delta forms the Camargue region.
The Rhône in Lyon
The source of the Rhône, at the foot of the Rhône Glacier, above Oberwald.
Mouth of the Rhone
Pont du Mont-Blanc in Geneva, marking the outflow from Lake Geneva (right)