Vaulx-en-Velin, Metropolis of Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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🇫🇷 Vaulx-en-Velin is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is located to its north-east, on the river Rhône.

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History The rivers, including the Rhône, regularly overflowed their banks, leaving behind a swampy area. The first verifiable mention of the village of Vaulx-en-Velin comes from the year 1225. The place was not spared from wars either. In 1628 the plague raged in the village. Many people suffered from malaria - the field name "En Palud" testifies to this. A dike was built between 1863 and 1879 to dry out around 9,000 hectares of land. The Saint Jean Villeurbanne dam, built between 1879 and 1882, protects Vaulx-en-Velin from flooding.

In September 1979 the first Banlieue suburban youth riots in France broke out in the Cité Olivier-de-Serres in Vaulx-en-Velin.

One third of the population lives below the poverty line.

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Transport • Metro line A • Tram T3 • Several buses lines from Transports en commun lyonnais • Rhônexpress.

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Vaulx-en-Velin has a population of over 50,823 people. Vaulx-en-Velin also forms one of the centres of the wider Lyon metropolitan area which has a population of over 2,323,221 people.

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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Vaulx-en-Velin has links with:

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Antipodal to Vaulx-en-Velin is: -175.081,-45.778

Locations Near: Vaulx-en-Velin 4.9188,45.7776

🇫🇷 Villeurbanne 4.88,45.767 d: 3.2  

🇫🇷 Lyon 4.835,45.767 d: 6.6  

🇫🇷 Vienne 4.878,45.524 d: 28.4  

🇫🇷 Villefranche-sur-Saône 4.717,45.983 d: 27.7  

🇫🇷 Bourg-en-Bresse 5.215,46.21 d: 53.2  

🇫🇷 Mâcon 4.822,46.311 d: 59.7  

🇫🇷 La Tour-du-Pin 5.445,45.564 d: 47.3  

🇫🇷 Annonay 4.662,45.241 d: 62.9  

🇫🇷 Saint Étienne 4.396,45.44 d: 55.4  

🇫🇷 Saint-Étienne 4.39,45.435 d: 56.1  

Antipodal to: Vaulx-en-Velin -175.081,-45.778

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