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Rhône-Alpes

former administrative region of France
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Summary

Rhône-Alpes is a region of France[1]. Rhône-Alpes draws 2,256 Wikipedia views per month (region of france category, ranking #18 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: metropolitan France[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Instance of: historical region[5]
  • Capital: Lyon[6]
  • Shares border with: Franche-Comté[7], Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[8], Languedoc-Roussillon[9], Auvergne[10], Burgundy[11], Canton of Valais[12], Piedmont[13], Aosta Valley[14], Canton of Geneva[15], Canton of Vaud[16]
  • Named after: Rhône[17], Alpes[18]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Ain[19], Rhône[20], Loire[21], Ardèche[22], Drôme[23], Isère[24], Savoie[25], Haute-Savoie[26], Metropolis of Lyon[27], departmental district of the Rhône[28]
  • Twinned administrative body: Shanghai[29], Ho Chi Minh City[30]
  • Commons category: Rhône-Alpes[31]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[32], UTC+02:00[33]
  • Inception: June 4, 1960[34]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: December 31, 2015[35]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rhône-Alpes[36]
  • Commons gallery: Rhône-Alpes[37]
  • Population: 6,399,927[38]
  • Replaces: Rhône[39], Alpes[40]
  • Replaced by: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[41]
  • Official name: Rhône-Alpes[42]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Rhône-Alpes[43]
  • Demonym: Rhônalpin[44], Rodanalpano[45]
  • Native label: Rhône-Alpes[46]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Rhône-Alpes[47]
  • Area: 43,698 km²[48]
  • Geography of topic: geography of Rhône-Alpes[49]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Rhône-Alpes include Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[50], a region of France[51], in France[52], founded in 2016[53].

Why It Matters

Rhône-Alpes has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Rhône-Alpes is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

Entities named for Rhône-Alpes include Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[50], a region of France[51], in France[52], founded in 2016[53].

Related Entities

France Ho Chi Minh City

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  32. [34] ↑ . Décret du 2 juin 1960 portant harmonisation des circonscriptions administratives. wikidata.org.
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  36. [38] ↑ . insee.fr. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  40. [42] ↑ . Décret du 2 juin 1960 portant harmonisation des circonscriptions administratives. wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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