Lugdunum was a major Roman city founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus at the confluence of the Rhone and Saone rivers, on the site of present-day Lyon, France. Within about fifty years it had become the administrative center of Roman Gaul and Germany, linked by major roads to Italy, Germany and the Atlantic coast, and its population is estimated to have reached 50,000 to 200,000 people between AD 69 and 192. Two Roman emperors, Claudius and Caracalla, were born there. The city's name gradually shifted through medieval sound change into the modern Lyon.
Facts
Founding Year Founding Year Latitude45.759722 degrees north 3 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. City Population (citypopulation.de): France: Regions and Major Cities
City Population (citypopulation.de)Cities table, 2023-01-01 estimate column (Lyon)Quote, Cities table, 2023-01-01 estimate column (Lyon)
Lyon ARA 456,716 413,095 415,487 445,452 472,330 513,275 519,127 4787
2. Wikidata: Lugdunum
- Wikidata Q665, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q665 P571
View the Source3. Lugdunum (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
-0043-00-00T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 45.759722, longitude 4.819444
View the Source4. GeoNames: Lyon - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2996944
45.74906 4.84789 P PPLA FR 84 69 691 69123 520774 173 Europe/Paris
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 173 m
View the Source 5. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.75, 4.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.75, 4.75
45.75 4.75 Cfb
Lugdunum (Wikipedia)
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