Vénissieux

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Coordinates: 45°41′52″N 4°53′12″E / 45.697778, 4.886667

Administration
Commune of Vénissieux
Location

Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Lyon
Canton	Vénissieux-Nord / Vénissieux-Sud
Intercommunality	Urban Community of Lyon
Mayor	André Gerin (1985–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	171 m–229 m (avg. 186 m)
Land area^¹	15.33 km²
Population^² (1999)	56,061
- Density	3,656.9/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	69259/ 69200
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Vénissieux (Vènissiœx in the Lyonnais dialect of Arpitan language) is a commune in the département of Rhône and the Rhône-Alpes region of France. It is the second-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is adjacent to its southeast side. It is therefore a component of the metropolitan Urban Community of Lyon and is connected to Lyon's Métro (underground or subway) system on the ligne D ("line D"). At the 1999 census it had a population of 56,061 inhabitants living on a land area of 15.33 km² (5.919 sq mi).