La Mulatière

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

La Mulatière La Mulatiére (Arpitan)
Commune
The old town hall in La Mulatière
Coat of arms
Location of La Mulatière
(2020–2026)		Véronique Déchamps^[1]
Area ¹	1.84 km² (0.71 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	6,595
• Density	3,600/km² (9,300/sq mi)
Demonym	Mulatins
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	69142 /69350
Elevation	163–249 m (535–817 ft)
Website	www.lamulatiere.fr
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Mulatière (French pronunciation: [la mylatjɛʁ]; Arpitan: La Mulatiére) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. It is located just southwest of Lyon,^[a] on the right bank of the Saône; it is the final commune until its confluence with the Rhône at the southern end of Lyon's Presqu'île. In 2020, it had a population of 6,617.

The town is known, among other things, for its Aquarium du Grand Lyon.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	8,073	—
1975	7,886	−0.33%
1982	7,716	−0.31%
1990	7,296	−0.70%
1999	6,733	−0.89%
2007	6,540	−0.36%
2012	6,653	+0.34%
2017	6,334	−0.98%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Notes

^ Lyon's 5th and 9th arrondissements, comprising the city neighbourhoods on the right bank of the Saône, are north of La Mulatière.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE.