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Lyon 08, Lyon — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Early cinema was born in Lyon 08, the Monplaisir quarter of Lyon known for the Institut Lumière and the Musée urbain Tony Garnier.
About Lyon 08
Where to stay in Lyon 08
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Where you stay in Lyon 08 turns on the choice between Monplaisir and the wider États-Unis streets. Around the Institut Lumière the old Monplaisir core keeps a settled feel, its blocks gathered near Église Saint-Maurice de Monplaisir and the Musée d'histoire de la médecine et de la pharmacie de Lyon, a base that suits travellers who want cinema history and a quiet residential quarter. Further out the district broadens.
Its long boulevards run past the painted walls of the Musée urbain Tony Garnier toward Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, an open, well-served part of Lyon with room to spread.
About Lyon 08
What are the main landmarks in Lyon 08?
The main landmarks in Lyon 08 range from cinema to model housing. Film began at Monplaisir. The Institut Lumière stands in the old home of the moving picture, near Église Saint-Maurice de Monplaisir and the Musée d'histoire de la médecine et de la pharmacie de Lyon in the settled core.
Out along the boulevards the Musée urbain Tony Garnier preserves the painted walls of a model housing district, while Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul marks the reach of the quarter across the flatter ground of Lyon.
What is the history of Lyon 08?
Lyon 08 grew as the Monplaisir quarter of Lyon, the ground where early cinema took shape. Film began here. The Institut Lumière holds the memory of the first moving pictures made in the district, and Église Saint-Maurice de Monplaisir marks the older core that grew around it.
As the city spread south the États-Unis boulevards rose as planned housing, and the Musée urbain Tony Garnier preserves the painted district built to that design, giving Lyon 08 its double history of invention and modern town planning.
Where is Lyon 08?
Lyon 08 covers the flat southeastern ground of Lyon, centred on Monplaisir near the Institut Lumière and reaching along the boulevards to the Musée urbain Tony Garnier.
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Updated July 2026