Lyon is a city in Southwest France.
France ( [ fʁɑ̃s ] ) , officially the French Republic ( [ ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz ] ) , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . Lyon ( [ liːˈɒn ] or [ ˈliːɒn ] [ ljɔ̃ ] , locally : [ lijɔ̃ ] Liyon [ - frpʎjɔ̃ ] ) is a city in east-central France , in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , about 470 km from Paris , 320 km from Marseille and 55 km from Saint-Etienne . Paris-Gare de Lyon ( or Gare de Lyon ) is one of the six large mainline railway station termini in Paris , France .