Area and demographics Located in the centre of the
presqu'île, the 1st arrondissement is the smallest of all the arrondissements de Lyon. Around the
place des Terreaux, bars and pubs across the street make the 1st arrondissement one of the more animated the night and days. • Area: • 1999: 26,861 inhabitants • 2005: 28,100 inhabitants • 2006: 28,210 inhabitants • 2007: 30,024 inhabitants • Density of
Quarters The 1st arrondissement of Lyon is composed of four districts : • Terreaux (around
Place des Terreaux) • Pentes de la Croix-Rousse •
Croix-Paquet • Quartier Saint-Vincent
Streets •
Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse •
Cour des Voraces •
Montée de la Grande Côte •
Montée des Carmélites •
Passage Thiaffait •
Quai de la Pêcherie •
Quai Saint-Vincent •
Rue Burdeau •
Rue de l'Arbre-Sec •
Rue de la Bourse •
Rue de la République •
Rue des Capucins •
Rue du Bât-d'Argent •
Rue du Sergent Blandan •
Rue Édouard Herriot •
Rue Lanterne • Rue Pierre DuPont, named for songwriter
Pierre Dupont, born in Lyons 1821. •
Rue Royale •
Rue Sainte-Catherine • Rue René Leynaud, named for the journalist, poet and Resistance fighter, born in Lyons in 1910.
Squares and areas • Jardin des Chartreux • Place de la Comédie •
Place Croix-Paquet •
Place Louis Pradel •
Place Sathonay •
Place des Terreaux == Administration ==