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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Bron
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Bron batiment.jpg
|caption                = Buildings on the Avenue Franklin Roosevelt
|image coat of arms     = Blason ville fr Bron (Rhône).svg
|arrondissement         = Lyon
|INSEE                  = 69029
|postal code            = 69500
|party                  = 
|mayor                  = Jérémie Breaud<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|coordinates            = {{coord|45.7394|4.9139|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 212
|elevation min m        = 183
|elevation max m        = 221
|area km2               = 10.3
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Bron''' ({{IPA|fr|bʁɔ̃}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Metropolis of Lyon]], [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] [[Regions of France|region]], eastern France.

== Geography ==
Bron lies {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} east-southeast of central [[Lyon]]. It is the sixth-largest [[suburb]] of the city of [[Lyon]], and is adjacent to its east side.

=== Climate ===
{{Weather box
|collapsed=y
|location= [[Lyon]]-Bron ([[Lyon–Bron Airport]]), elevation: 201 m, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1920–present
|metric first= Y
|single line= Y
|width = auto
|Jan record high C = 19.1
|Feb record high C = 21.9
|Mar record high C = 25.7
|Apr record high C = 30.1
|May record high C = 34.2
|Jun record high C = 38.4
|Jul record high C = 39.8
|Aug record high C = 40.5
|Sep record high C = 35.8
|Oct record high C = 28.4
|Nov record high C = 23.0
|Dec record high C = 20.2
|year record high C = 40.5
|Jan high C = 6.4
|Feb high C = 8.4
|Mar high C = 13.0
|Apr high C = 16.3
|May high C = 20.8
|Jun high C = 24.6
|Jul high C = 27.7
|Aug high C = 27.2
|Sep high C = 22.7
|Oct high C = 17.4
|Nov high C = 10.8
|Dec high C = 7.1
|year high C = 16.9
|Jan mean C = 3.4
|Feb mean C = 4.8
|Mar mean C = 8.4
|Apr mean C = 11.4
|May mean C = 15.8
|Jun mean C = 19.4
|Jul mean C = 22.1
|Aug mean C = 21.6
|Sep mean C = 17.6
|Oct mean C = 13.4
|Nov mean C = 7.5
|Dec mean C = 4.3
|year mean C = 12.5
|Jan low C = 0.3
|Feb low C = 1.1
|Mar low C = 3.8
|Apr low C = 6.5
|May low C = 10.7
|Jun low C = 14.1
|Jul low C = 16.6
|Aug low C = 16.0
|Sep low C = 12.5
|Oct low C = 9.3
|Nov low C = 4.3
|Dec low C = 1.6
|year low C = 8.1
|Jan record low C = -23.0
|Feb record low C = -22.5
|Mar record low C = -10.5
|Apr record low C = -4.4
|May record low C = -3.8
|Jun record low C = 2.3
|Jul record low C = 6.1
|Aug record low C = 4.6
|Sep record low C = 0.2
|Oct record low C = -4.5
|Nov record low C = -9.4
|Dec record low C = -24.6
|year record low C = -24.6
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 47.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 44.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 50.4
|Apr precipitation mm = 74.9
|May precipitation mm = 90.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 75.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 63.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 62.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 87.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 98.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 81.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 55.2
|year precipitation mm = 831.9
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 9.0
|Feb precipitation days = 7.8
|Mar precipitation days = 8.4
|Apr precipitation days = 9.3
|May precipitation days = 11.3
|Jun precipitation days = 8.4
|Jul precipitation days = 6.9
|Aug precipitation days = 7.1
|Sep precipitation days = 7.6
|Oct precipitation days = 10.2
|Nov precipitation days = 9.0
|Dec precipitation days = 9.1
|year precipitation days = 104.1
|Jan sun = 73.9
|Feb sun = 101.2
|Mar sun = 170.2
|Apr sun = 190.5
|May sun = 221.4
|Jun sun = 254.3
|Jul sun = 283.0
|Aug sun = 252.7
|Sep sun = 194.8
|Oct sun = 129.6
|Nov sun = 75.9
|Dec sun = 54.5
|year sun = 2001.9
|source 1= Météo France<ref name= Météo>{{cite web
| url = http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/station/69029001/normales
| title = Données climatiques de la station de Lyon
| publisher = Météo-France
| language = fr
| access-date = 16 December 2014
| archive-date = 6 November 2018
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181106230036/http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/station/69029001/normales
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref name=MFclimat2>{{cite web
| url = http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/rhone-alpes/regi82/normales
| title = Climat France
| publisher = Météo-France
| language = fr
| access-date = 16 December 2014
| archive-date = 7 October 2020
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201007081733/https://meteofrance.com/comprendre-climat/france/
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180310160146/https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_69029001.pdf
| archive-date = 10 March 2018
| url = https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_69029001.pdf
| title = Lyon–Bron (69)
| work = Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1981–2010 et records
| publisher = Météo-France
| language = fr
| access-date = 10 March 2018}}</ref>

|date= February 2013
}}
{{Weather box    
| width        = auto
| collapsed    = y <!-- y, if you have normal updates -->
| open         = 
| metric first = y <!-- always, except UK or US cities -->
| single line  = y
| location     = [[Lyon]]-Bron ([[Lyon–Bron Airport]]), elevation: 201 m, 1961–1990 normals and extremes
<!--in the order as it appears in the table, not all of the following data may be available, especially records and days of precipitation -->
| Jan mean C  =3.0
| Feb mean C  =4.9     
| Mar mean C  =7.4     
| Apr mean C  =10.2    
| May mean C  =14.0    
| Jun mean C  =17.6    
| Jul mean C  =20.6    
| Aug mean C  =20.0    
| Sep mean C  =17.1    
| Oct mean C  =12.7    
| Nov mean C  =6.7     
| Dec mean C  =3.9     
| Jan high C  =6.1    
| Feb high C  =8.2    
| Mar high C  =11.6    
| Apr high C  =15.2    
| May high C  =19.1    
| Jun high C  =22.9    
| Jul high C  =26.1    
| Aug high C  =26.0    
| Sep high C  =22.4    
| Oct high C  =17.1    
| Nov high C  =10.0    
| Dec high C  =6.4
| Jan record high C =16.3     
| Feb record high C =21.4     
| Mar record high C =25.7    
| Apr record high C =28.0    
| May record high C =29.4    
| Jun record high C =34.4    
| Jul record high C =39.8    
| Aug record high C =37.1    
| Sep record high C =33.8    
| Oct record high C =28.4
| Nov record high C =22.6    
| Dec record high C =20.2    
| Jan avg record high C  =10.2    
| Feb avg record high C  =14.4     
| Mar avg record high C  =15.9    
| Apr avg record high C  =18.6 
| May avg record high C  =23.1     
| Jun avg record high C  =28.8     
| Jul avg record high C  =32.8 
| Aug avg record high C  =28.1     
| Sep avg record high C  =27.3     
| Oct avg record high C  =19.7     
| Nov avg record high C  =14.1     
| Dec avg record high C  =9.5
| Jan low C  =0.2
| Feb low C  =1.4   
| Mar low C  =2.9   
| Apr low C  =5.2    
| May low C  =9.1     
| Jun low C  =12.5     
| Jul low C  =14.8     
| Aug low C  =14.4     
| Sep low C  =11.7     
| Oct low C  =8.3    
| Nov low C  =3.5    
| Dec low C  =0.7
| Jan record low C  =-23.0
| Feb record low C  =-19.3 
| Mar record low C  =-10.5
| Apr record low C  =-3.2
| May record low C  =-0.3
| Jun record low C  =3.6
| Jul record low C  =6.1    
| Aug record low C  =5.2    
| Sep record low C  =1.9    
| Oct record low C  =-3.2
| Nov record low C  =-7.1
| Dec record low C  =-16.0
| Jan avg record low C  =-7.0     
| Feb avg record low C  =-4.7 
| Mar avg record low C  =-1.4 
| Apr avg record low C  =3.2 
| May avg record low C  =7.6 
| Jun avg record low C  =10.9     
| Jul avg record low C  =13.1     
| Aug avg record low C  =12.9     
| Sep avg record low C  =8.1     
| Oct avg record low C  =4.5     
| Nov avg record low C  =1.0     
| Dec avg record low C  =-4.7 
| precipitation colour  = green
| Jan precipitation mm  =54.0    
| Feb precipitation mm  =53.8    
| Mar precipitation mm  =72.2    
| Apr precipitation mm  =56.1    
| May precipitation mm  =72.6    
| Jun precipitation mm  =73.2    
| Jul precipitation mm  =54.5    
| Aug precipitation mm  =71.6    
| Sep precipitation mm  =53.2    
| Oct precipitation mm  =56.2    
| Nov precipitation mm  =68.0    
| Dec precipitation mm  =55.8    
|Jan humidity = 84
|Feb humidity = 80
|Mar humidity = 74
|Apr humidity = 71
|May humidity = 72
|Jun humidity = 70
|Jul humidity = 65
|Aug humidity = 70
|Sep humidity = 76
|Oct humidity = 82
|Nov humidity = 84
|Dec humidity = 86
| Jan percentsun  =23    
| Feb percentsun  =31     
| Mar percentsun  =41   
| Apr percentsun  =46   
| May percentsun  =47   
| Jun percentsun  =54   
| Jul percentsun  =62   
| Aug percentsun  =60   
| Sep percentsun  =56   
| Oct percentsun  =40   
| Nov percentsun  =27    
| Dec percentsun  =21    
| Jan sun  =62.6
| Feb sun  =89.8
| Mar sun  =147.5
| Apr sun  =184.2
| May sun  =215.9
| Jun sun  =250.9
| Jul sun  =292.6
| Aug sun  =259.0
| Sep sun  =208.1
| Oct sun  =134.3
| Nov sun  =75.3
| Dec sun  =55.4
| Jan snow days  =4.5     
| Feb snow days  =2.0     
| Mar snow days  =2.0     
| Apr snow days  =1.0     
| May snow days  =0.0
| Jun snow days  =0.0
| Jul snow days  =0.0
| Aug snow days  =0.0
| Sep snow days  =0.0
| Oct snow days  =0.0
| Nov snow days  =1.0     
| Dec snow days  =4.0     
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days  =10.4     
| Feb precipitation days  =9.3     
| Mar precipitation days  =9.7     
| Apr precipitation days  =9.6     
| May precipitation days  =10.9     
| Jun precipitation days  =8.2     
| Jul precipitation days  =6.8     
| Aug precipitation days  =8.2     
| Sep precipitation days  =7.3     
| Oct precipitation days  =8.5
| Nov precipitation days  =8.9
| Dec precipitation days  =9.8     
| source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name = noaa>{{Cite FTP | url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_VI/FR/07480.TXT
| server = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]
| title = Lyon–Bron (07480) – WMO Weather Station
| access-date = February 8, 2019
}} [https://archive.org/details/19611990NormalsNOAALyonBron Archived] February 8, 2019, at the [[Wayback Machine]]</ref>
|source 2 = Infoclimat.fr (humidity)<ref name=Infoclimat>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203526/http://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie-07480-lyon-bron.html
| archive-date = 3 March 2016
| url = http://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie-07480-lyon-bron.html
| title = Normes et records 1961–1990: Lyon-Bron (69) – altitude 198m
| language = fr
| publisher = Infoclimat
| access-date = 8 February 2019}}</ref>
}}

==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 [[Lyon–Bron Airport|Bron Airfield]] where 109 of them, including 72 Jews, were killed in the {{interlanguage link|Bron massacres|fr|massacres de Bron}}, which would become known as ''Le Charnier de Bron'' ("The [[Charnel house]] of Bron").<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.leprogres.fr/rhone/2014/09/02/bron-le-panneau-en-memoire-des-charniers-de-l-aeroport-devoile |title=Bron: le panneau en mémoire des charniers de l'aéroport dévoilé |trans-title=Bron: memorial unveiled to mass graves at the airport |newspaper=[[Le Progrès]] |date=2 September 2014 |access-date=28 April 2015}}</ref>

Bron was spared much of the damage caused by the riots in many of France's suburbs in the 1990s, such as in [[Vénissieux]] and [[Villeurbanne]].

==Administration==
The municipal council is composed of 43 members elected for a six-year term. The mayor are elected by the councilors.

==Sights==
The [[Fort de Bron]], erected between 1872 and 1876, is part of the second belt of fortifications around Lyon.

==Population==

{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|6036|Bron}}</ref> and INSEE (1968–2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-69029#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |441
|1800 |446
|1806 |448
|1821 |694
|1831 |798
|1836 |850
|1841 |929
|1846 |999
|1851 |981
|1856 |981
|1861 |1010
|1866 |1041
|1872 |1015
|1876 |2168
|1881 |2470
|1886 |2712
|1891 |2691
|1896 |2665
|1901 |3206
|1906 |3506
|1911 |4160
|1921 |6397
|1926 |8774
|1931 |12423
|1936 |13161
|1946 |12597
|1954 |14195
|1962 |26959
|1968 |41619
|1975 |44563
|1982 |40638
|1990 |39683
|1999 |37369
|2007 |38833
|2012 |39232
|2017 |41543
}}

==Transport==
Bron is served by the following [[Transports en commun lyonnais|TCL]] (Lyon [[public transport]]) services:

*[[rapid transit|Metro]]
** [[Lyon Metro Line D|Line D]] (Gare de [[Vaise]] to Gare de [[Vénissieux]]) – served by 2 stations ({{interlanguage link|Mermoz-Pinel|eo|Mermoz - Pinel (stacio en Liono)|fr|Mermoz-Pinel (métro de Lyon)|it|Mermoz-Pinel|nl|Mermoz - Pinel (metrostation)|oc|Mermoz - Pinel (mètro de Lion)|pl|Mermoz – Pinel|ru|Мермоз — Пинель (станция метро)}} and {{interlanguage link|Parilly|eo|Parilly (stacio en Liono)|fr|Parilly (métro de Lyon)|nl|Parilly (metrostation)|oc|Parilly (mètro de Lion)|pl|Parilly|ru|Парийи (станция метро)}}) located on the boundary with Lyon.
*[[Tram]]
** [[Tramways in Lyon#Line T2|Line T2]] ([[Perrache (quarter)|Perrache]] to [[Saint-Priest, Rhône|Saint-Priest]] Bel-Air) – served by 8 stations.
** [[Tramways in Lyon#Line T5|Line T5]] (Grange-Blanche to Parc du Chêne, continuing to [[Eurexpo]] on exhibition days) – served by 7 stations.
*[[Bus]]
** C8 (Grange Blanche – [[Vaulx-en-Velin]] Résistance)
** C9 (Bellecour Antoine Poncet – Hôpitaux Est)
** C15 (Laurent Bonnevay – Bachut Mairie du 8e)
** C17 (Charpennes – Laurent Bonnevay)
** 24 (Bachut – Bron – Sept Chemins)
** 25 (Cordeliers – [[Gare de la Part-Dieu|Gare Part-Dieu]] – [[Montchat]] – Sept Chemins)
** 26 (Bachut – Bron Aéroport – Manissieux)
** 52 (Parilly Université Hippodrome – Vaulx-En-Velin La Grappinière)
** 64 (Laurent Bonnevay – La Soie – Bron Droits de l'Homme)
** 68 (Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie – [[Chassieu]] – [[Genas|Azieu]])
** 78 (Mermoz-Pinel – Parc du Chêne – Sept Chemins)
** 79 (Grange Blanche – Bron – [[Décines-Charpieu|Décines]] or [[Chassieu]])
** 81 (Laurent Bonnevay – Bron – Porte des Alpes)
** 82 ([[Vaulx-en-Velin]] La Soie – Bron – La Borelle)
** 93 (Hôpital [[Feyzin]] [[Vénissieux]] – Porte des Alpes / Parc Technologique)
** Zi7 (Vaulx-En-Velin La Soie – Bron Droits De L'Homme)

'''Bron Airport'''<br />[[Lyon-Bron Airport]] (technically located in the communes of [[Chassieu]] and [[Saint-Priest, Rhône|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 [[Lumière University Lyon 2|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, Rhône|Saint-Priest]].

==Notable residents==

* [[Arthur Rozenfeld]] (born 1995), basketball player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]
* [[Karim Benzema]], football player for [[Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah)|Al-Ittihad]]

==Twin towns==
Bron is [[Twin towns|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title= Une ville à l'international|url=https://www.ville-bron.fr/bienvenue-bron/decouvrir-bron/une-ville-linternational|website=ville-bron.fr|publisher=Bron|language=fr|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Cumbernauld]], Scotland, United Kingdom
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Grimma]], Germany
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Weingarten, Württemberg|Weingarten]], Germany
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Talavera de la Reina]], Spain

==See also==
* [[Communes of the Rhône department]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Bron}}
* [http://www.ville-bron.fr/ Official website]
* [http://www.histoire-bron.org/ History of Bron] (in French)

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