Lyon, France is a French city where you will be happy to live, work, study, or wander in….
Lyon is the second largest French city, 2 million inhabitants, capital of the Rhone-Alpes Region, Lyon has many strengths to promote all over the world :
A rich architectural heritage (ancient capital of Gaul), important cultural institutions, it is a creative, innovative and industrial city.
Since 1998, Lyon belongs to the UNESCO world heritage of humanity.
In 2010, Lyon won the first prize “Liveable Communities”, which is competing forty cities around the world for their quality of life. The development of the banks of the Rhone, 5 miles from Greenway in downtown, between the Parc de la Tete d’Or park and the Gerland made the difference.
Lyon is considered as a young city, vibrant, international and very festive.
Lyon is also known as the capital of gastronomy, and it is also famous for its football club, Olympique Lyonnais, 7 times Champion of France.
Some key figures:
+/- 50,000 expatriates working in the Greater Lyon (INSEE 2006)
900 companies with foreign investments located there, (including 1,500 business decision-making centers (Sanofi Aventis, bioMérieux, Groupe Seb, Renault Trucks, EA …))
and 15,000 foreign students, 12% of the student population of Lyon.
Our goal is to help you settle in Lyon and enjoy our city!
We can provide you with all kind of information concerning Lyon :
housing, relocation services, insurances, banks, international studies, internships, corporate, expatriation, business, social networks etc…
We can also provide you with our LYON EXPAT HANDBOOK, more information on this guide reading here!
contact us at : contact@lyon-expat.com