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Francheville is a commune in France, situated within the Metropolis of Lyon and the Rhône department. It lies in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and shares borders with Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Brindas, and Chaponost. The town has an official name of Francheville, also referred to as Franche-Commune, and is located at an elevation of 312 meters above sea level.
The area of the commune is 8.18 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 15,664 residents and another citing 12,053. The male population is recorded as 6,739, while the female population is 7,459. Francheville is twinned with Loano and Kouandé. Its postal code is 69340, and it is part of the canton of Tassin-la-Demi-Lune.
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- Locality
- Francheville
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 12,053
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Metropolis
- Lyon Metropolis
- Arrondissement
- Lyon
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Michel Rantonnet
- Area
- 8.18 km (3.16 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 15,604
- Density
- 1,910/km (4,940/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 69089 /69340
- Elevation
- 181–312 m (594–1,024 ft) , (avg. 262 m or 860 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Franche-Commune
- Country
- France
- Population
- 15604
- Area
- 8.18
- Elevation
- 247
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Lyon
- Official website
- www.mairie-francheville69.fr
- Image
- Eglise Saint-Roch Francheville.jpg
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- Commons category
- Francheville (Métropole de Lyon)
- postal code
- 69340
- different from
- Francheville
- male population
- 6739
- female population
- 7459
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-78-59-02-66
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Francheville ( French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃ʃvil] ; Arpitan: Franchevéla) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, eastern France.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Francheville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.