Saint-Priest, Metropolis of Lyon

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Priest

(2020–2026) Gilles Gascon^[1] (LR)Area

29.71 km² (11.47 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

48,822 • Density1,600/km² (4,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

69290 /69800

Elevation189–263 m (620–863 ft)
(avg. 208 m or 682 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Priest (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pʁijɛst] ^ⓘ; Arpitan: Sant-Priést) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in east-south France. The 19th-century French historian and epigrapher Auguste Allmer (1815–1899) was a tax collector in Saint-Priest.

It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is located to its southeast side. The Saint-Priest station is served by local trains to Lyon and Saint-André-le-Gaz.

Population

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Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)^[4]

Notable people

Estelle Cascarino (1997) football player for Manchester United and the France national team^[5]
Ève Périsset (1994), football player for Chelsea and the France national team^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Priest, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Estelle Cascarino". EN.PSG.FR. 1997-02-05. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
^ "Eve Perisset". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 2023-06-30.