Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Basic data
Country	France
prefecture	Lyon
President of the Regional Council	Laurent Wauquiez ( LR )
population	7,948,287 (2017)
Population density	114 inhabitants per km²
surface	69,709 km²
Departments	13
Arrondissements	40
Community associations	139
Cantons	242
Communities	4.030
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-ARA
Relief map of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes [ ovɛʁɲ ʁon alp ] ( German  Auvergne-Rhone-Alps ) is a French region that was created on January 1, 2016 from the merger of the previous regions of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes . The name is formed from the alphabetical order of the merged regions and was initially given as a provisional name. Following a decision by the regional council, it was confirmed as the final name by the Conseil d'État on October 1, 2016 .

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the third largest region with 69,711 km² (excluding overseas regions) and has 7,948,287 inhabitants (as of 2017), which makes it the second largest region in terms of population after the Île-de-France . It is divided into the 13 departments Ain , Allier , Ardèche , Cantal , Drôme , Haute-Loire , Haute-Savoie , Isère , Loire , Metropole Lyon , Puy-de-Dôme , Rhône and Savoie . It borders (clockwise) on the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region , Switzerland , Italy and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur , Occitania , Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Center-Val de Loire regions .

The administrative center of the region is Lyon . President is Laurent Wauquiez.

Cities

The most populous cities in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region are:

city	Inhabitants (year)	Department
Lyon	516.092 (2017)	Métropole de Lyon
Saint-Etienne	172,565 (2017)	Loire
Grenoble	158,454 (2017)	Isère
Villeurbanne	147,712 (2017)	Métropole de Lyon
Clermont-Ferrand	143,886 (2017)	Puy-de-Dôme
Annecy	126,924 (2017)	Haute-Savoie
Valence	63,714 (2017)	Drôme
Venissieux	65,894 (2017)	Métropole de Lyon
Chambery	58,919 (2017)	Savoie
Vaulx-en-Velin	49,658 (2017)	Métropole de Lyon

politics

Political structure

The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is divided into 13 departments .

OZ	= Ordinal number of the department	Arr.	= Number of arrondissements	According to	= Number of municipalities
W.	= Coat of arms of the department	Kant.	= Number of cantons
ISO	= ISO-3166-2 code	GV	= Number of municipal associations

OZ	W.	Department	prefecture	ISO	Arr.	GV	Kant.	According to	Residents January 1, 2017	Area (km²)	Density (inh / km²)
01		Ain	Bourg-en-Bresse	FR-01	4th	17th	23	393	643.350	5,756	112
03		Allier	Moulins	FR-03	3	12	19th	317	337.988	7,340	46
07		Ardèche	Privas	FR-07	3	19th	17th	335	325.712	5,529	59
15th		Cantal	Aurillac	FR-15	3	10	15th	246	145.143	5,725	25th
26th		Drôme	Valence	FR-26	3	16	19th	364	511,553	6,531	78
38		Isère	Grenoble	FR-38	3	20th	29	512	1,258,722	7,430	169
42		Loire	Saint-Etienne	FR-42	3	11	21st	323	762.941	4,780	160
43		Haute Loire	Le Puy-en-Velay	FR-43	3	11	19th	257	227.283	4,977	46
63		Puy-de-Dôme	Clermont-Ferrand	FR-63	5	14th	31	464	653.742	7,970	82
69D		Rhône	Lyon	FR-69	2	12	13	208	457.392	2,725	168
69M		Métropole de Lyon	Lyon	FR-69	1	-	-	59	1,385,927	534	2,595
73		Savoie	Chambery	FR-73	3	18th	19th	273	431.174	6,028	72
74		Haute-Savoie	Annecy	FR-74	4th	21st	17th	279	807.360	4,384	184
total					40	139	242	4.030	7,948,287	69,709	114

Regional languages

Arrondissements in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

Cantons in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

Associations of municipalities in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

Regional council

Result of the election of the regional council on December 13, 2015:

• List Laurent Wauquiez (Union de la Droite from LR , UDI and MoDem ): 40.61% = 1,201,528 votes, 113 seats
• List Jean-Jack Queyranne (Union de la Gauche from PS , PRG , EELV and FG ): 36.84% = 1 089 791 votes, 57 seats
• List Christophe Boudot ( FN ): 22.55% = 667,084 votes, 34 seats

See also: List of Presidents of French Regional Councils

Web links

Commons : Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mathilde SIRAUD: Occitanie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine ...: discordes autour des nouveaux noms de régions In: LeFigaro.fr , June 27, 2016th
2. ↑ Laurent Wauquiez. Le Point , accessed April 4, 2020 (in French). 
3. ↑ Résultats régionales 2015 - Auvergne, Rhône-Alpes (ARA) on linternaute.com, accessed on January 6, 2016