Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Region
Flag Coat of arms
Country	France
Préfecture	Lyon
- coordinates	45°45′35″N 4°50′32″E / 45.75972°N 4.84222°E / 45.75972; 4.84222
Area	69,711.2 km² (26,916 sq mi)
Population	7,820,966 (2014)
Density	112 /km² (290 /sq mi)
Subdivisions	12 departments 39 arrondissements 242 cantons 4,112 communes
President	Laurent Wauquiez
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE code	FR-84

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (Franco-Provençal: Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; Occitan: Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups) is an administrative region of France that was created on 1 January 2016 from the former French regions Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. It is in the central and eastern parts of southern France.

Its capital is the city of Lyon.

Geography

The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is the third largest region of Metropolitan France, after Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie, with an area of 69,711.2 km² (26,916 sq mi). It borders five French administrative regions: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté to the north, Centre-Val de Loire to the northwest, Nouvelle-Aquitaine to the west, Occitanie to the southwest and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur to the southeast. It also borders two countries: Italy to the east and Switzerland to the northeast.

The region has the Massif Central to the east and the Alps to the east, with the valley of the Rhône river between them. Half of the Ain department is occupied by the Jura Mountains.

The extreme points for the region are in the communes:

• North : Château-sur-Allier, Allier (46°48′15″N 2°57′35″E / 46.804272°N 2.959629°E / 46.804272; 2.959629)
• East : Bonneval-sur-Arc, Savoie (45°24′12″N 7°11′08″E / 45.403287°N 7.185578°E / 45.403287; 7.185578)
• South : Ferrassières, Drôme (44°06′56″N 5°29′40″E / 44.115494°N 5.494467°E / 44.115494; 5.494467)
• West : Siran, Cantal (44°58′36″N 2°03′46″E / 44.976621°N 2.062885°E / 44.976621; 2.062885)

Its capital, Lyon, is at 465 km (289 mi) to the southwest of Paris, the national capital, at 315 km (196 mi) to the northwest of Marseille and at 554 km (344 mi) to the west of Bordeaux.

The distances from the different departmental capitals to Lyon, the regional capital, are:

Rivers

There are two main drainage basin in the region; some rivers in those basins are:

Mountains

The Mont Blanc (42°46′26″N 0°8′51″E / 42.77389°N 0.14750°E / 42.77389; 0.14750 (Vignemale)), at 4,810 m (15,780 ft), is the highest mountain of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France, Italy and of Western Europe.

The highest points in the different departments of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region are:

Departments

The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is formed by 13 departments:

ISO 3166-2	Shield	Department	Prefecture	Arr.	Cant.	Comm.	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density (Inh./km²)
FR-01		Ain	Bourg-en-Bresse	4	23	408	626,127	5,762.4	108.7
FR-03		Allier	Moulins	3	19	317	343,062	7,340.1	46.7
FR-07		Ardèche	Privas	3	17	339	322,381	5,528.6	58.3
FR-15		Cantal	Aurillac	3	15	255	146,618	5,726.0	25.6
FR-26		Drôme	Valence	3	19	367	499,159	6,530.0	76.4
FR-38		Isère	Grenoble	3	29	521	1,243,597	7,431.5	167.3
FR-42		Loire	Saint-Étienne	3	21	326	757,305	4,780.6	158.4
FR-43		Haute-Loire	Le Puy-en-Velay	3	19	257	226,565	4,977.1	45.5
FR-63		Puy-de-Dôme	Clermont-Ferrand	5	31	467	644,216	7,969.7	80.8
FR-69		Rhône	Lyon	2	13	289	1,801,885	3,249.1	554.6
FR-73		Savoie	Chambéry	3	19	285	426,924	6,028.3	70.8
FR-74		Haute-Savoie	Annecy	4	17	281	783,127	4,387.8	178.5
Total of the Region				39	242	4,112	7,820,966	69,711.2	112.2

Arr. = Arrondissements          Cant. = Cantons          Comm. = Communes

Demographics

The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region had a population, in 2014, of 7,820,966, for a population density of 112.2 inhabitants/km². The department with more people living in it is Rhône with 1,801,885 inhabitants.

The main cities in the region are:

Gallery

Related pages

• Auvergne
• Rhône-Alpes
• Regions of France

See also

In Spanish: Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes para niños