Zoo
Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon
🇫🇷 France
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, France 65 spp. present
Lyon Zoo (fr. Zoo de Lyon, also known as Jardin zoologique de Lyon, or Zoo du Parc de la Tête d'Or) is a zoo in France located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes inside parc de la Tête d'Or in the town of Lyon. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
45.777° N 4.855° E
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
—
Tourism
High
Species present
65
speciesOpened
1858
Size
Medium
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon?
Lyon, France
Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon is a zoo or wildlife park in Lyon, France. Its coordinates are 45.777° N, 4.855° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Ecrins National Park, about 153 km away.
What animals can you see at Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon?
65 species
Citizen-science photos record 65 species at Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon, including Great White Pelican, Greater Flamingo, Fallow Deer, White-faced Whistling Duck and Common Crane. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon in the wild?
Great White Pelican: Lake Nakuru National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon also live in the parks and cities we cover: Great White Pelican (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lake Nakuru National Park), Greater Flamingo (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Camargue) and Fallow Deer (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kosciuszko National Park).
When did Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon open and how big is it?
Opened 1858, 6.3 ha
Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon, a zoo or wildlife park in Lyon, France, opened in 1858 and covers about 6.3 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 65 species are photographed there.
Nearest Zoos & Centres
Nearest Parks
_young_male_Cumnor.jpg/330px-Roe_deer_(Capreolus_capreolus)_young_male_Cumnor.jpg)
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)