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The Rhône is a department in France, which is an administrative division similar to a county or state. It matters because it includes the city of Lyon, one of France's major urban and economic centers, and serves as an important region for commerce, culture, and transportation in the country.
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- Instance of
- department of France
- Named after
- Rhône
- Official name
- Rhône
- Country
- France
- Capital
- Villefranche-sur-Saône
- Population
- 464176
- Area
- 2715.11
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Metropolis of Lyon
- Followed by
- Metropolis of Lyon
- Official website
- www.rhone.fr
- Image
- Hôtel de préfecture du Rhône 01.JPG
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- Rhône (department)
- replaces
- Rhône-et-Loire
- Commons category
- Rhône (department)
- inception
- 1793-08-12
- topic's main category
- Category:Rhône (department)
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Rhône
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Rhône
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rhône (department)
- different from
- Rhône
- annual number of weddings
- 6424
- language used
- Arpitan language
- social media followers
- 17540
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Encyclopedic overview
Rhône ( French: [ʁon] ; Arpitan: Rôno) is a French department located in the east-central administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Rhône, its prefecture is Lyon. Its sole subprefecture is Villefranche-sur-Saône. Including the Metropolis of Lyon, it had a population of 1,914,667 in 2023; excluding the Metropolis of Lyon, it had 478,313 inhabitants.
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