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Villeurbanne
France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and comprises various overseas islands and territories which are located in other regions. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. At 674,843 square kilometres, France is the world's 40th-largest country after Myanmar. France is a member of The European Union and Paris is the capital of this nation. The sole official language of France is French. Since prehistoric times, France has been a crossroads of trade, migrations, and invasions.
Villeurbanne is a city and commune in eastern central France. It is directly to the northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second largest conurbation in France after Paris. With about 130,000 inhabitants, Villeurbanne is the second largest city in the Rhone department
The current location of downtown Villeurbanne is known to have been inhabited as far back as 6000 BCE. Villeurbanne underwent a tremendous demographic boom. From 3,000 inhabitants in 1928, its population rocketed to 82,000 in 1931. As of 1999, the population of Villeurbanne stood at 124,215 within an area of 14.52 square kilometers and had a population density of 8,554 inhabitants per square kilometer. It’s situated at an altitude of 165 meters to 189 meters above sea level.
Many colleges and universities usually listed as part of the Lyon area are actually located in Villeurbanne. This is most notably the case with the La Doua campus, home to the Claude Bernard University, CPE, Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Physique Electronique, Lyon and the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon.
Villeurbanne is well served by the Lyon area public transit system, the TCL, Transports en Commun Lyonnais. The east branch of subway line A runs through the city heart, and the new tramway line T1 connects the La Doua campus to the Lyon business and commercial district of La Part-Dieu and the Presqu'ile downtown.
France today is one of the most modern countries in the world and is a leader among European nations. There's a term for their seductive lifestyle, Douce France or Sweet France and you'll find yourself using it often. Douce France taught the world just how sweet life should be.
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