La Croix-Rousse was nicknamed "la colline qui travaille" (The hill wich works) in the nineteenth century. It was indeed a high place for of industrial weaving silk. Still today, the Croix-Rousse is an singular affluent urban, marked by both its geography, its history and its very high density residential, one of the highest in Europe. La Croix-Rousse is divided into two distinct areas, slopes and the tableland. The slopes of the Croix-Rousse lies from the Place des Terreaux to the top of the hill. He inherits a strong culture of association and associative end of the textile industry. The tableland, as its name suggests, is a tableland between the Rhone and Saone, since the boulevard of the Croix-Rousse to the ends with Caluire-et-Cuire. La Croix-Rousse is distinguished from the rest of the city by its "village" atmosphere.