Living in La Guillotière, Lyon
La Guillotière is an area of Lyon with about 18,304 residents. Its CityPulse standard score is 56 out of 100 (fair): better than 25% of Lyon residents, ranked 51 of 63 areas.
Strengths
- Public green space: public green space 6 min walk, large park 12 min walk
- Services on foot: food shop 1 min walk, pharmacy 2 min walk, doctor 2 min walk
- Public transport frequency: 176 departures per hour between 7 and 9 am from nearby stops
- Playgrounds on foot: playground 4 min walk
- Protected cycle lanes: protected cycle lane 5 min walk
Weaknesses
- Tree canopy: 6.1% tree canopy within 500 m
Who La Guillotière suits
| Profile | Score | Rank in the city |
|---|---|---|
| Student | 84 · excellent | 27 of 63 |
| Family | 68 · good | 45 of 63 |
| Over 65 | 63 · good | 53 of 63 |
| Working from home | 30 · poor | 51 of 63 |
| Commuter | 74 · good | 25 of 63 |
Services on foot
Walking-network distance for the area's typical resident (median).
| Service | Typical distance | On foot |
|---|---|---|
| Food shop | 64 m | 1 min walk |
| Pharmacy | 178 m | 2 min walk |
| Doctor | 141 m | 2 min walk |
| Nursery school | 202 m | 3 min walk |
| Primary school | 256 m | 3 min walk |
| Bus, tram or water bus stop | 166 m | 2 min walk |
| Metro or train station | 346 m | 4 min walk |
| Public green space | 466 m | 6 min walk |
| Large park (≥ 10 ha) | 996 m | 12 min walk |
| Playground | 299 m | 4 min walk |
| Protected cycle lane | 373 m | 5 min walk |
Greenery, air and transport
- 6.1% tree canopy within 500 m (city median: 9.3%)
- 10.0 µg/m³ of PM2.5, 2024 annual mean
- 176 departures per hour between 7 and 9 am (city median: 67)
- High density
Streets and squares in La Guillotière
Cours Gambetta · Impasse Rival · Place Aristide Briand · Place Commandant Claude Bulard · Place Gabriel Péri · Place Mazagran · Place Raspail · Place Saint-Louis · Place Stalingrad · Place Victor Basch · Place de l’Émir Abd el-Kader · Place du Commandant Claude Bulard · Rue Alphonse Daudet · Rue Auguste Lacroix · Rue Basse Combalot · Rue Bonnefoi · Rue Béchevelin · Rue Capitaine Robert Cluzan · Rue Chalopin · Rue Clair Tisseur · Rue Claude Boyer · Rue Commandant Fuzier · Rue Creuzet · Rue Elie Rochette · Rue Félissent · Rue Gilbert Dru · Rue Grillet · Rue Jangot · Rue Jean-Marie Chavant · Rue Louis Dansard · Rue Mazagran · Rue Montesquieu · Rue Passet · Rue Pasteur · Rue Pauline Kergomard · Rue Rachais · Rue Saint Lazare · Rue Saint Michel · Rue Sébastien Gryphe · Rue Tourville · Rue Villeroy · Rue d'Aguesseau · Rue d'Anvers · Rue de Bonald · Rue de l'Humilité · Rue de la Madeleine · Rue de la Thibaudière · Rue des Trois Pierres · Rue des Trois Rois · Rue du Capitaine Robert Cluzan
Nearby areas
- Saint-Amour 61
- La Buire 60
- Jean-Macé 47
- Préfecture 41
- Chevreul 37
- Bellecour 29
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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-04. Method and sources