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{{French commune
|nomcommune=Bron
|région=[[Rhône-Alpes]]
|département=[[Rhône (département)|Rhône]]
|arrondissement=Lyon
|canton=[[Canton of Bron|Bron]]
|insee=69029
|cp=69500
|maire=Annie Guillemot
|mandat=[[2001]] - [[2008]]
|intercomm=[[Communauté urbaine de Lyon]]
|longitude=4.913888
|latitude=45.739444
|alt moy=212 m
|alt mini=183 m
|alt maxi=221 m
|hectares=1,030
|km²=10.3
|sans=37,369
|date-sans=1999
|dens=3,628
|date-dens=1999}}
'''Bron''' is a [[town]] in [[France]], approximately 10 km to the east of [[Lyon]]. It is a [[commune in France|commune]] [[Rhône (département)|Rhône]] ''[[département in France|département]]'' and the [[Rhône-Alpes]] ''[[Région in France|région]]'' of [[France]]. It is the sixth-largest [[suburb]] of the city of [[Lyon]], and is adjacent to its east side. It forms part of the [[Urban Community of Lyon|''Grand Lyon'' (Greater Lyon) Urban Community]].
==History==
The earliest traces of life in Bron can be found in the cemetery and date from [[71 BC]]. The town as it is today did not take shape until approximately [[1812]].
Bron was spared much of the damage caused by the riots in many of France's suburbs in the [[1990]]s, such as in [[Venissieux]] and [[Villeurbanne]].
==Geography==
The town is 212 metres above sea level and has an area of roughly 10 km².
==Sights==
Bron has a fort (erected between [[1872]] and [[1876]]).
==Transport==
'''Public transport'''<br />
Bron is served by the following [[Transports en commun lyonnais|TCL]] (Lyon [[public transport]]) services:<br />
*[[Metro]]
** [[Lyon Metro Line D|Line D]] (Gare de [[Vaise]] to Gare de [[Vénissieux]]) – served by 2 stations (Mermoz-Pinel and Parilly) located on the boundary with Lyon.<br /><br />
*[[Tram]]
** [[Tramways_in_Lyon#Line_T2|Line T2]] ([[Perrache]] to [[Saint-Priest]] Bel-Air) – served by 8 stations.<br /><br />
*[[Bus]]
** 24 (Bachut – Bron – Sept Chemins)
** 25 (Cordeliers – [[Gare de la Part-Dieu|Gare Part-Dieu]] – [[Montchat]] – Sept Chemins)
** 26 (Bachut – Bron Aéroport – Manissieux)
** 64 (Laurent Bonnevay – La Soie – Bron Droits de l'Homme)
** 68 ([[Vaulx-en-Velin]] La Soie – [[Chassieu]] – [[Genas|Azieu]])
** 78 (Mermoz-Pinel – Parc du Chêne – Sept Chemins)
** 79 (Grange Blanche – Bron – [[Décines-Charpieu|Décines]] or [[Chassieu]])
** 81 (Laurent Bonnevay – Bron – Porte des Alpes)
** 82 ([[Vaulx-en-Velin]] La Soie – Bron – La Borelle)<br /><br />
'''Bron airport'''<br />
[[Lyon–Bron Airport]] (technically located in the communes of [[Chassieu]] and [[Saint-Priest]]) has existed since [[1920]], although much of its commercial activity was diverted to Satolas ([[Saint-Exupéry International Airport]]), Lyon's main [[airport]], in [[1975]].
==Miscellaneous==
Bron is home to part of the [[Université Louis Lumière (Lyon II)|University of Lyon 2]]. The Bron campus is located on the south-eastern edge of the town, close to the [[Parc de Parilly]] and [[Saint-Priest]].
The current mayor (since [[1999]]) is [[Annie Guillemot]].
Bron is twinned with the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[new town]] of [[Cumbernauld]].
==External links==
* [http://www.ville-bron.fr/ Official website]
* [http://www.histoire-bron.org/ History of Bron] (in French)
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