Rhône department

Rhône
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
prefecture	Lyon
Sub-prefecture (s)	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Residents	457,392 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	168 inhabitants per km²
surface	2,715.11 km²
Arrondissements	2
Community associations	12
Cantons	13
Communities	208
President of the Department Council	Christophe Guilloteau
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-69
Location of the department of Rhône in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes

The Rhône department is the French department with the atomic number 69. It is in the southeast of the country in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes and was named after the river Rhône named.

geography

Since the spin-off of the metropolis of Lyon , the Rhône only touches the département in a few shorter sections in the southeast and south, where it forms the border of the département - coming from the east and flowing down to the south. Coming from the north, its tributary Saône forms the eastern border of the northern half of the department and flows into the Rhone in the city center of Lyon.

To the west of the Rhone and Saône are the hilly landscapes of the Beaujolais with the 1010  m high Mont Saint-Rigaud as the highest peak in the north of the department and the Monts du Lyonnais south of it.

The capital of the department and the second largest metropolitan area in France is the megacity of Lyon .

The Rhône department borders on the Ain , Isère , Loire , Saône-et-Loire and the metropolis of Lyon.

history

The Rhône department was created on November 19, 1793 when the Rhône-et-Loire department was divided into the Rhône and Loire departments .

On January 1, 2015, the communes of the Communauté urbaine de Lyon were spun off from the Département Rhône, at the same time the communal association became a regional body with special status and designation Métropole de Lyon , which performs the tasks of a department and a municipal association.

From 1960 to 2015 it was part of the Rhône-Alpes region , which in 2016 became part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

coat of arms

Description : Split in red and gold is a silver lion in front under a blue shield head with three golden lilies and behind a black, red armored and tongued lion, covered by a red five-lipped tournament collar .

Administrative structure

Communes and arrondissements in the Rhône department

The Département Rhône is divided into two arrondissements (including the part of the arrondissement Lyon without the area of ​​the Métropole de Lyon) and 208 municipalities.

Arrondissement	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Lyon (excluding Métropole de Lyon)	76	206.028	1714.22	120	691
Villefranche-sur-Saône	132	251.364	1000.89	251	692
Rhône department	208	457.392	2715.11	168	69

See also:

• List of communes in the Rhône department
• List of cantons in the Rhône department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Rhône department

Web links

Commons : Rhône  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• General Council of the Départment Rhône (French)
• Prefecture of the Rhône department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Le président Christophe Guilloteau Official website of the General Council
2. ↑ Article L3611-1 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales , inserted by Law No. 2014-58 of January 27, 2014

Coordinates: 45 ° 45 '  N , 4 ° 49'  E