Villeurbanne

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Villeurbanne Velorbana (Arpitan)
Commune
The city hall in Villeurbanne
Coat of arms
Location of Villeurbanne
Villeurbanne Show map of France Villeurbanne Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 45°46′00″N 4°52′49″E / 45.7667°N 4.8803°E / 45.7667; 4.8803
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Metropolis	Lyon Metropolis
Arrondissement	Lyon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Cédric Van Styvendael[1] (PS)
Area 1	14.52 km2 (5.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	156,928
• Density	11,000/km2 (28,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	69266 /69100
Elevation	165–189 m (541–620 ft) (avg. 181 m or 594 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villeurbanne (French pronunciation: [vilœʁban] ^ⓘ; Arpitan: Velorbana) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.

It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France after that of Paris. Villeurbanne is the second-largest commune in the metropolitan area of Lyon and the 20th most populated in France, and the most populous commune that is not a prefecture or a sub-prefecture.^[3] In 2013, Villeurbanne was elected the city with the best administration of France, which attracts more and more people.