Geography
An undulating town to in the western lyonnais, Dardilly is crossed to the east by the A6 autoroute and the RN6 and to the west by the RN7. Marked by a pleasanter, greener and more rural lifestyle, Dardilly's center is only 20 minutes by car from the Lyons peninsula. (By TCL bus: lines 3, 89, and by train, from the Saint-Paul suburb, - Lozanne).
Dardilly, with its 13.99 km2 (5.40 sq mi), includes three valleys oriented north south: the valley of ruisseau de la Beffe to the west, the valley of the ruisseau des Planches and the valley of the ruisseau de Serres to the east. Its altitude varies between 260 and 390 metres, allowing exceptional views over the Monts d'Or, the Monts du Lyonnais and even on clear days the Alps, from Vercors to Mont Blanc.
The Town also possesses 1.73 km2 of leafy forests of ones and 6.46 km2 (2.49 sq mi) of farmland. Many paths for walkers, horseriders and mountain-bikers criss-cross these spaces:
- chemin du Bois de Serres (walkers' information centre)
- sentier de la Beffe
- chemin de la Thuillière
- sentier de Chantemerle
- chemin du Pont
- chemin des Saules
Bordering communes include:
- Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or
- Charbonnières-les-Bains
- Dommartin
- Ecully
- Limonest
- Lissieu
- La Tour-de-Salvagny
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