Other cities of France

[montrouge 2]

Lyon 

(the second urban area of France)
465 300  inh
Urban area  1 400 000 inh
Metro area 1 800 000 inh

Lyon   is a city in east central France. The third largest French city, it is a major centre of business, situated between Paris and Marseille, and has a reputation as the French capital of gastronomy and a significant role in the history of cinema.

Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, Lyon forms the second largest metropolitan area in France after Paris, with 1,648,216 inhabitants at the 1999 census, and approximately the 20th to 25th largest metropolitan area of Western Europe.

Lyon is the préfecture (capital) of the Rhône département, and also the capital of the Rhône-Alpes région.
Lyon is also the international headquarters of Interpol
article from Wikipedia  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon

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Lyon subway (4 lines) the busiest french subway system outside Paris
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Light rail (3 lines)
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[Glenni 1,447]

Lyon looks like a wicked city, hey can we get pics of Marseile,Nice, Toulose,Puteaux,Mulhouse. Montpellier  and other cities too?  i don't know that much about those cities.

[montrouge 2]

No Lyon is a very nice cityIt is the second economical and financial city of France

Lyon is a booming city

OK  but Puteau is in inner suburbs of Paris for pictures of this city show Paris suburbs or Paris skyscrapers thread because la Defense (Paris High rises district) is located in Puteauw and two other cities of Paris inner suburbs.

Lille

City 226,800 inh

Urban area 1,200,000 inh

Metro area (French part only) 1,300,000 inh

Lille  is the main city of France's fourth largest metropolitan area (consisting of Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing and their suburbs). It is located to the country's north, on the Deûle River. It is the capital of the Nord-Pas de Calais région. It is also the préfecture (capital) of the Nord département. It lies near the border with Belgium and its Dutch name is Rijsel.

The city of Lille absorbed Lomme on February 27, 2000. Their combined population at the 1999 census was 212,597 inhabitants. The whole metropolitan area of Lille, both on French and Belgian territory (Kortrijk, Tournai) was estimated in 2000 at around 1,730,000 inhabitants, ranking as one of the major metropolitan areas of Europe

From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lille

As Lyon photo these photo are not mine.

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Lille subway (2 lines  The second biggest driverless metro system in the world)

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[petriknl 15]

Usually we went on Holiday travelling arounbd Lyon towards the south but two years ago we decided to visit the city. And wow very nice! The driverless subway is ultra hip!

[HuskerDude 12]

Beautiful stuff, I can't wait for more!

[montrouge 2]

Thanks usual people only think of Paris like they think of France but France also have many interesting, diverse and beautiful provincial cities.

[kibblewitbit 0]

nice pictures, by the way "wicked" means something like amazing in english

[pipishere 3]

I always knew french cities would be beautiful...but they are some fabulous pictures.

[sc4portugal 10]

Wery Nice!!!!!!!

I would like to know more abaut Cayenne

[montrouge 2]

Wow Cayenne 

I never been in this city 

It is very far than Paris 

Cayenne is the capital of the French overseas région of French Guiana. The city stands on an island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic coast.

At the 1999 census, there were 66,149 inhabitants in the urban area of Cayenne, 50,594 of whom lived in the city of Cayenne proper, and the remainder in the neighbouring commune of Remire-Montjoly.

from Wikipedia  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayenne

those photos as the other was not taken by me

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This read that this city is dangerous (but surely less than some eastern parisian suburbs )

French Guiana  is an overseas department or DOM of France, located on the northern coast of South America. Like the other DOMs, French Guiana is also an overseas region of France. As a part of France, French Guiana is in the European Union, and its currency is the euro

From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Guiana

[Uumke 0]

iI've been to Lyon once, it's a great place to be!

I also like Bordeaux, Toulouse,Narbonne, Carcassonne, Avignon, Dijon and Perpignan.

I didn't like Clermont-Ferrand. There was just nothing to do, except some shops and the old cathedral.

In Lyon, I hate the long tunnel, with a scary small curve on the end of it!

But I love those cities!

[Mike the Mayor 51]

French cities are lovely. The whole appearance and theme of them is wonderful. I've been to Paris before and that was quite experience. The only other major place in France I've been to is Chamonix in summer.

[sc4portugal 10]

Thank you Cayenne is nicer than i thoght

[montrouge 2]

Rennes

Rennes  is a city of northwestern France, in the east of Brittany. Rennes is the capital of the Bretagne région, as well as the préfecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine département.

Population of the city of Rennes at the 1999 census was 206,229 inhabitants (210 200 inhabitants as of 2005 estimates). Population of the whole metropolitan area (at the 1999 census was 521,188 inhabitants, ranking twelfth in France. Inhabitants of Rennes are called Rennais.

Rennes is one of the smallest cities in the world to have a metro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennes

This city has the third highest growth in France.

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Rennes Subway 

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[sc4portugal 10]

Once I went to a suburb of Renne that some was horrible but some very nice

[montrouge 2]

Yeh French cities are realy beautiful.

[montrouge 2]

 Grenoble

Grenoble   is a city and commune in south-east France situated at the foot of the Alps where the Drac joins the Isère River. Located in the Rhône-Alpes région, Grenoble is the préfecture (capital) of the département of Isère. The population of the city (commune) of Grenoble at the 1999 census was 153,317 inhabitants (157,900 inhabitants estimated as of February 2004 ). The population of the whole metropolitan area (French: aire urbaine) at the 1999 census was 514,559 inhabitants and 552,547 inhabitants at the 2007 estimate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenoble

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[montrouge 2]

Bordeaux

City : 250,000 inh

Urban area : 800,000 inh

Metro area : 1,000,000 inh

Bordeaux is a port city in the southwest of France, with one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area at a 2008 estimate. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called Bordelais.

The sixth metropolitan area of France is known to be the world's wine industry capital, and it is considered Europe's main military space and aeronautics research and construction complex. Bordeaux wine draws its name from the city around which it has been produced since the 8th century. The historic part of the city is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble" of the 18th century.

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[TRNSTN 0]

Wow, talk about image nuke, haha. Good stuff man! I'm actually going to keep this open and let it load for the next 10 minutes, and go have a snack. I'll be back to read it all in a bit.

[montrouge 2]

More there is comments, less there is pictures by page.

In fact I had already cleaned and deleted many picture in this thread.

[TRNSTN 0]

These pictures are beautiful, and such high quality, good job getting them all here for us. Thanks montrouge!

[villagemayor 0]

Very nice pics everyone! Thank you to everyone who posted pics. Keep them coming

[montrouge 2]

Thanks.

[montrouge 2]

Nantes

Nantes  is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast.The city is the eighth largest in France, with 711,120 inhabitants in its metropolitan area at the 1999 census, and 790,318 inhabitants at a 2007 estimate.Nantes is the préfecture of the Pays de la Loire région as well as the Loire-Atlantique département.

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Light rail : 3 lines, the largest light rail system in France.

[therealcdg 0]

Wow these are great! I can't really get into France. It just isn't modern enough for me, but thanks for the incredible pictures. I hadn't heard of any of these cities.

[montrouge 2]

Not enouth modern ?

[allez l'om 1]

Why you don't present Marseille!!! it is the second most populated city of France also!!!!! and it is the the most famous city of France after Paris!!!!

[montrouge 2]

I will in the second page.

I didn't present Marseille before because I didn't find good pictures of it.

[montrouge 2]

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