Bron

Bron is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of eastern France. It lies about ten kilometres east-southeast of central Lyon, adjoins the city on its east side and is the sixth-largest suburb of Lyon. The earliest traces of life there are in the cemetery and date from 71 BC, while the town as it stands today took shape only around 1812. In August 1944 prisoners from Montluc prison, 109 of them, were killed at Bron Airfield in the Bron massacres. The Fort de Bron was built between 1872 and 1876 as part of the second belt of fortifications around Lyon, and the Hotel de Ville was completed in 1958. Metro line D, trams T2 and T5 and many bus lines serve the town, and part of the University of Lyon 2 is on its campus.