Rhône-Alpes

Also known as Rhone-Alpes

Rhône-Alpes () was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris. Rhône-Alpes has the sixth-largest economy of any European region.

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Rhône-Alpes was a French administrative region located in the southeast of the country, named after the Rhône river and the Alps mountains, which merged into the larger Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in 2016. It was economically significant as the sixth-largest economy in Europe and centered on Lyon, France's second-largest city after Paris.

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Settlement.p9: Savoie (73)
Settlement.official_name: Rhône-Alpes
Settlement.settlement_type: Region of France
Settlement.image_flag: Rhône-Alpes flag.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 120px
Settlement.image_shield: BlasonRhôneAlpes.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_size: 75px
Settlement.image_map: Rhône-Alpes in France.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.extinct_title: Dissolved
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Lyon
Settlement.parts_type: Departments
Settlement.parts_style: list
Settlement.parts: 9 (8 normal departments, and 1 metropolis)
Settlement.p1: Ain (01)
Settlement.p2: Ardèche (07)
Settlement.p3: Drôme (26)

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Official name: Rhône-Alpes
Demonym: Rodanalpano
Population: 6399927
Area: 43698
Image: SNCF TGV Duplex Viaduc de Cize - Bolozon.jpg

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Commons category: Rhône-Alpes
Commons gallery: Rhône-Alpes
native label: Rhône-Alpes
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2015-12-31
inception: 1960-06-04

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Geography
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Prefectures
History
Transport
Economy
Major cities
Winter Olympics
Tourism
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== Geography == Rhône-Alpes is located in the southeast of France. The neighboring (pre-2016) regions are Bourgogne (Burgundy) and Franche-Comté to the north, Auvergne to the west, Languedoc-Roussillon to the southwest, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur to the south. The eastern part of the region is in the Alps, and borders Switzerland and Italy. The highest peak is Mont Blanc, on the French-Italian border. The central part of the region comprises the river valleys of the Rhône and the Saône. The confluence of these two rivers is at Lyon. The western part of the region contains the start of the Massif Central mountain range. The region also borders or contains major lakes such as Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) and Lake Annecy. The Ardèche flows through the southwest portion of the region, where it has carved the deepest gorge in Europe.