The Honorary Consulate of Belgium in Lyon is a local point of contact for Belgian citizens and for business and cultural links with Belgium.
Contact Details
| Address | c/o CIC Lyonnaise de Banque 8, rue de la République, 69001 Lyon, France |
| Telephone | +33 4 78 62 67 38 |
| lyon.consulatbelge@wanadoo.fr |
Opening Hours
No regular opening hours are published. Contact the consulate by phone or e-mail to arrange a visit.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Lyon
Marseille – about 277 km away – has the nearest Belgian consulate general. Distance to the Belgian Embassy in Paris: about 395 km.
The Belgian community in France numbers around 117,125, according to French official figures.
Which Belgian office issues passports and visas?
For passports, visas and civil status documents, Belgian citizens contact the Belgian Embassy in Paris.
Contact details of the Belgian Embassy in Paris, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: 9, rue de Tilsitt, Cedex 17, 75840 Paris, France
- Telephone: +33 1 44 09 39
- Email: paris@diplobel.fed.be
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00–13:00 and 14:00–17:30
- Website: france.diplomatie.belgium.be
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Belgium and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Belgian citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Other consulates and embassies in Lyon
50 other countries are represented in Lyon, among them: Benin (honorary), Brazil (honorary), Burkina Faso (honorary), Canada (honorary), China (consulate general), Croatia (honorary), Czech Republic (honorary), Côte d’Ivoire (consulate general), Dominican Republic (honorary), Ecuador (honorary), El Salvador (honorary), Estonia (honorary), Ethiopia (honorary), Finland (honorary), Gabon (honorary), Germany (consulate general), Guatemala (honorary), Guinea (honorary), Hungary (consular agency), Republic of the Congo (honorary). The full list of all 51 missions is on the overview page for France.
Belgian missions in France
Measured in a straight line from Lyon, the nearest other Belgian office is the Honorary Consulate in DAIX (about 180 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Consulate General in Marseille (about 280 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Lyon.
- Paris (390 km) – Embassy of Belgium
- Marseille (280 km) – Consulate General
- Baie-Mahault – Honorary Consulate
- Bayonville sur Mad (370 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Charleville-Mézières (450 km) – Honorary Consulate
- DAIX (180 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Le Lamentin – Honorary Consulate
- Lorient (660 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Lyon – Honorary Consulate (this page)
- Montpellier (250 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Nouméa – Honorary Consulate
- Perpignan (370 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Punaauia – Honorary Consulate
- Rezé (520 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Sainte Marie – Honorary Consulate
- Sarrola Carcopino (530 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Toulouse (360 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Tours (360 km) – Honorary Consulate
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Details checked on 8 October 2026. Sources: French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs – directory of foreign representations in France, French travel advice. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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