Bron

Bron lies 10 km (6.2 mi) east-southeast of central Lyon. It is the sixth-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is adjacent to its east side.

Climate

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.

In mid-August 1944, prisoners from Montluc prison were taken to Bron Airfield where 109 of them, including 72 Jews, were killed in the Bron massacres, which would become known as Le Charnier de Bron ("The Charnel house of Bron").

The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1958.

Bron was spared much of the damage caused by the riots in many of France's suburbs in the 1990s, such as in Vénissieux and Villeurbanne.

The municipal council is composed of 43 members elected for a six-year term. The mayor are elected by the councilors.

The Fort de Bron, erected between 1872 and 1876, is part of the second belt of fortifications around Lyon.

Bron is served by the following TCL (Lyon public transport) services:

• Metro
  • Line D (Gare de Vaise to Gare de Vénissieux), served by 2 stations (Mermoz-Pinel and Parilly) located on the boundary with Lyon.
• Tram
  • Line T2 (Perrache to Saint-Priest Bel-Air), served by 8 stations.
  • Line T5 (Grange-Blanche to Parc du Chêne, continuing to Eurexpo on exhibition days), served by 7 stations.
• Bus
  • C8 (Grange Blanche, Vaulx-en-Velin Résistance)
  • C9 (Bellecour Antoine Poncet, Hôpitaux Est)
  • C15 (Laurent Bonnevay, Bachut Mairie du 8e)
  • C17 (Charpennes, Porte des Alpes)
  • 24 (Bachut, Bron, Sept Chemins)
  • 25 (Cordeliers, Gare Part-Dieu, Montchat, Sept Chemins)
  • 26 (Bachut, Bron Aéroport, Manissieux)
  • 52 (Parilly Université Hippodrome, Vaulx-En-Velin La Grappinière)
  • 64 (Laurent Bonnevay, La Soie, Bron Droits de l'Homme)
  • 68 (Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie, Chassieu, Azieu)
  • 78 (Mermoz-Pinel, Parc du Chêne, Sept Chemins)
  • 79 (Grange Blanche, Bron, Décines or Chassieu)
  • 81 (Laurent Bonnevay, Bron, Porte des Alpes)
  • 82 (Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie, Bron, La Borelle)
  • 93 (Hôpital Feyzin Vénissieux, Porte des Alpes / Parc Technologique)
  • Zi7 (Vaulx-En-Velin La Soie, Bron Droits De L'Homme)

Bron Airport
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.

Bron is home to part of the 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.

• Roséva Bidois (born 2000), French heptathlete
• Arthur Rozenfeld (born 1995), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Karim Benzema, football player for Al-Ittihad

Bron is twinned with:

• Cumbernauld, Scotland, United Kingdom
• Grimma, Germany
• Weingarten, Germany
• Talavera de la Reina, Spain