Lyon is the third-most populous city of France, at the centre of its second-largest urban area. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of Paris, 278 km (173 mi) north of Marseille, 113 km (70 mi) southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, 58 km (36 mi) northeast of Saint-Étienne. The City of Lyon had a population of 522,250 at the Jan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon