Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes
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| Country | France |
| Dissolved | 1 January 2016 |
| Prefecture | Lyon |
| Departments | 9 (8 normal departments, and 1 metropolis)
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| Area | |
• Total | 43,698 km2 (16,872 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2014) | |
• Total | 5,645,407 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Rhônalpin or Rhône-Alpin |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €261.659 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | €46,300 (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-V |
| NUTS Region | FR7 |
| Website | www |
Rhône-Alpes (French pronunciation: [ʁon alp] ⓘ) was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris. Rhône-Alpes has the sixth-largest economy of any European region.