Stade Georges Lyvet

About

The Georges-Lyvet Stadium is a stadium of rugby at XV and rugby at XIII in Villeurbanne, Rhone. It is the stadium of the ASVEL Rugby that evolves in Federal 1 and Lyon-Villeurbanne XIII that evolves in Elite 2. He was named after Georges Lyvet, FTP-resistant, who died on 15 June 1944 at the Croix-Rousse hospital in Lyon.

In 2012, the stadium was completely renovated, with a bust of Georges Lyvet being refurbished. In June 2013, a commemorative plaque bearing the mention "In memory of Georges Lyvet, alias Jean Rolland (1906-1944)" and affixed to the entrance pediment of the stadium was inaugurated in the presence of the daughter of Georges Lyvet and Jean-Paul Bret.