Tassin-la-Demi-Lune

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Tassin la Demi-Lune

(2020–2026) Pascal Charmot^[1]Area

7.79 km² (3.01 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

22,676 • Density2,900/km² (7,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

69244 /69160

Elevation186–309 m (610–1,014 ft)
(avg. 225.2 m or 739 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tassin la Demi-Lune (French pronunciation: [tasɛ̃ la dəmi lyn]) is a commune in Lyon Metropolis in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, central eastern France.

Geography

The town of Tassin-la-Demi-Lune is located in the western suburbs of Lyon and is part of Lyon Metropolis.

The city is connected by four train stations: Écully-la-Demi-Lune, Tassin, Alaï and Le Méridien.

Several bus lines connect the city to the metro station Gorge de Loup (Line D): strong lines C21, C24 and C24E, as well as the normal bus lines 14, 72, 73 and 73E, 86 and 98. Line 5 and 55 also connected the city to other metro stations.

Mayors

From	To	Name	Political party	Profession
1894	1896	Émile Lachize	-	Doctor
1896	1900	Alphonse Rieussec	-	Doctor
1900	1903	Émile Lachize	-	Doctor
1903	1908	Étienne Marin	-	-
1908	1930	Hippolyte Péragut	-	-
1930	1935	Pierre Vauboin	-	-
1935	1944	Édouard Ruelle	-	-
sept 1944	oct 1947	Joseph Huissoud	-	-
oct 1947	July 1952	Pierre Audras	-	-
oct 1952	March 1971	Joseph Huissoud	-	-
March 1971	April 1992	Georges Perret	UDF-CDS	-
April 1992	March 2004	Alain Imbert	RPR, then UMP	-
April 2004	April 2014	Jean-Claude Desseigne	UDI	-
April 2014	-	Pascal Charmot	UMP	-

Demography

Its inhabitants are named Tassilunois in French.

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Notable people

Jérémy Berthod, footballer
Corinne Maîtrejean, foil fencer
Hélène Seuzaret, actress
Woodkid, musician

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE