Rhône (department)
Department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the river, see Rhône. For other uses, see Rhone (disambiguation).
Rhône (French pronunciation: [ʁon]; Arpitan: Rôno) is a department of east-central France, in the central-southeastern Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Named after the river Rhône, its prefecture is Lyon. Its sole subprefecture is Villefranche-sur-Saône. In 2019, it had a population of 1,875,747.[2]
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Rhône | |
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Prefecture building of the Rhône department in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon | |
![]() Location of Rhône in France | |
Coordinates: 45°50′N 04°40′E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Prefecture | Lyon |
Subprefectures | Villefranche-sur-Saône |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | Christophe Guilloteau[1] (LR) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,715 km2 (1,048 sq mi) |
• Rank | 55th |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Department number | 69D |
Arrondissements | 2 |
Cantons | 13 |
Communes | 208 |
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km². |
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