This 2,800-meter street starts at the Boulevard des Belges and ends on the Rue Rachais.

The part between the Rue de Sèze and the Cours Franklin Roosevelt marks the boundary of the site of the historic center of Lyon.

In the 1850s and 1860s, the notable restaurant Fredouillère was located at number 169 and held many political meetings.

[5] The street is first lined by post-early 19th century buildings of a maximum of ten floors, often with rounded reliefs.

There are also the Odyssey bookshop, restaurants, companies, shops, the OPAC, law firms, doctors' offices, and a police station, among other things.