Country France Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 10.3 km² Local time Saturday 5:59 AM | Population (2012) 39,232 INSEE/Postal code 69029 / 69500 | |
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Bron is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.
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Map of 69500 Bron, France
Geography
It lies 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Lyon. It is the sixth-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is adjacent to its east side.
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.
In mid-August 1944, prisoners from Montluc prison were taken to Bron Airfield where 109 of them, including 72 Jews, were killed in what would become known as Le Charnier de Bron ("The Charnel house of Bron").
Bron was spared much of the damage caused by the riots in many of France's suburbs in the 1990s, such as in Venissieux and Villeurbanne.
Sights
Bron has a fort (erected between 1872 and 1876).
Transport
Bron is served by the following TCL (Lyon public transport) services:
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.
Education
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.
Twin towns
Bron is twinned with the new town of Cumbernauld, (North Lanarkshire, Scotland), as well as Weingarten and Grimma in Germany, and Talavera de la Reina in Spain.