GIVORS, manufacturing town, south-eastern France, depart ment of Rhone, on the railway between Lyons and St. Etienne, 14 m. S. of Lyons. Pop. (1931) 12,54o. It stands on the bank of the Rhone, here crossed by a suspension bridge, at its conflu ence with the Gier and the canal of Givors. The chief industries are metal-working, engineering-construction, glass-working, brick making, rope-making, and the manufacture of glue and earthen ware. There are coal mines near. On the hill above the town are the ruins of the château of St. Gerald and of the convent of St. Ferreol, remains of the old town destroyed in