Talk:Villeurbanne

A fact from Villeurbanne appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 April 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Villeurbanne and Lyon form the second-largest conurbation in France?

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I think "From 3,000 inhabitants in 1928, its population rocketed to 82,000 in 1931." is technically impossible (3 years!). NB that the German version (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villeurbanne) has "...wurde Villeurbanne seit Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts eine schnell wachsende Arbeitervorstadt Lyons, die 1900 bereits um 28.000 Einwohner zählte". (Agnes from Paris)

BBC news report on violence in the city

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18357812

G. Robert Shiplett 22:48, 7 June 2012 (UTC)