| The centre of Lyon is the Presqu'île, or "peninsula", the tongue of land between the rivers Saône and Rhône, just north of their confluence. Most of it lies within the 2e arrondissement, but it's known by its quartiers, which include Bellecour, around the central square, and Perrache around the station. At th top end of the Presqu'île, as the Saône veers west, is the 1er arrondissement, known as Terreaux, centred on place des Terreaux and the Hôtel de Ville. On the west bank of the Saône is the old town, or Vieux Lyon, at the foot of Fourvière, on which the Romans built their capital of Gaul, Lugdunum. Vieux Lyon is made up of three villages: St-Paul, St-Jean and St-Georges, and forms the eastern end of the 5e arrondissement. The 9e lies to its north. To the north of the Presqu'île is the old silk-weavers' district of La Croix-Rousse, the 4e arrondissement. Modern Lyon lies east of the Rhône, with the 7e and 8e arrondissements to the south, the 3e arrondissement in the middle, with La Part-Dieu TGV station amidst an assertive cultural and commercial centre, and the 6e arrondissement, known as Brotteaux, to the north. North of Brotteaux is Lyon's main open space, the Parc de la Tête d'Or. The district of Villeurbanne, home to the university and the Théâtre National Populaire, lies east of the 6e and the park.
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