Saint-Priest | |
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 Château of Saint-Priest | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Saint-Priest  | |
  Saint-Priest  Saint-Priest | |
| Coordinates: 45°41′50″N 4°56′41″E / 45.6972°N 4.9447°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Metropolis | Lyon Metropolis |
| Arrondissement | Lyon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gilles Gascon[1] (LR) |
| Area 1 | 29.71 km2 (11.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 48,822 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 69290 /69800 |
| Elevation | 189–263 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.
- ^ "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.