France · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · Lyon
Gerland, Lyon — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Gerland is a quarter of Lyon holding the Aquarium de Lyon, with Oullins and La Mulatière appearing across its register of nearby sites.
Find your area →
Where to stay in Gerland
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
The Aquarium de Lyon is the one address in Gerland a visitor is likely to name in advance. Hotels barely register in Gerland. Anyone weighing a base will find that the quarter's catalogue fills up with gymnasiums, boules pitches and school grounds, the gymnase Jean Jaurès d'Oullins and the stade bouliste de La Mulatière among them, rather than with hotels, so Lyon itself carries the rooms.
Few places to stay in Gerland — most visitors book in Lyon nearby.
About Gerland
What are the main landmarks in Gerland?
One aquarium anchors the list. The Aquarium de Lyon is the entry in Gerland's register that a traveller would recognise, while the rest of the catalogue runs through sports and parish buildings in the communes alongside, among them the Ancienne église Saint-Jean-Marie-Vianney d'Oullins, the bassin de Joutes de La Mulatière and the city stade de La Saulaie. Two churches appear in all.
The église du Pras is the second, and the squash Confluence sits on the same roll of facilities.
What is the history of Gerland?
No charter year reaches the file. What Gerland carries instead is a roll of working buildings, the Ancienne église Saint-Jean-Marie-Vianney d'Oullins among the older ones, and beside it the gymnase Jean Jaurès d'Oullins, the stade bouliste de La Mulatière and other halls raised for sport. Not one of those buildings comes with a year.
Lyon keeps the recorded centuries, and the Gerland entry defers to the commune on every question of origin.
Where is Gerland?
Gerland lies inside the commune of Lyon, in France, close enough to Oullins, La Mulatière and La Saulaie that all three turn up on its list of sites.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Gerland?
Lyon: stays needing the hotel choice a sports-hall register cannot offer.
Good for
More areas in Lyon
Updated August 2026