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| Country | France | ||
| Prefecture | Lyon | ||
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| • President | Laurent Wauquiez (The Republicans) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 69,711 km2 (26,916 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • Total | 7,695,264 | ||
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (French pronunciation: [ovɛʁɲ ʁon alp] (
listen), Arpitan: Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes, Occitan: Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups, Italian: Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region of France created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into effect on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections in December 2015.[1]
The region covers an area of more than 69,711 km2 (26,916 sq mi), making it the third largest in metropolitan France, with a population of 7,695,264, second only to Île-de-France.[2]
Toponymy[]
The text of the territorial reform law gives interim names for most of the merged regions, combining the names of their constituent regions separated by hyphens. Permanent names would be proposed by the new regional councils and confirmed by the Conseil d'État by 1 October 2016.[3]
The interim name of the new administrative region was a hyphenated placename, composed of the historic region of Auvergne, the river Rhône, and the French Alps (Alpes). The same name has been chosen as the definitive name, which was officialized by the Conseil d'État on 28 September 2016.[4]
Geography[]
The region borders Occitanie and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur to the south, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté to the north, Nouvelle-Aquitaine to the west, Switzerland (Cantons of Geneva, Valais and Vaud) and Italy (Aosta Valley and Piedmont) to the northeast and east.
Departments[]
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes comprises twelve departments : Ain, Allier, Ardèche, Cantal, Drôme, Haute-Loire, Haute-Savoie, Isère, Loire, Puy-de-Dôme, Rhône, Savoie
Major communities[]
- Lyon (500,715; region prefecture)
- Saint-Étienne (171,260)
- Grenoble (155,637)
- Villeurbanne (145,150; in Lyon's suburbs)
- Clermont-Ferrand (139,860)
Politics[]
The region is governed by the regional council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes consisting of 204 members. The current regional council was elected in regional elections on 6 and 13 December 2015, with the list of Laurent Wauquiez consisting of The Republicans (LR), the Democratic Movement (MoDem), and Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) securing an absolute majority of 113 seats.[5][6]
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| Leader | List | First round | Second round | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Seats | % | |||
| style="background:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color;" | | Laurent Wauquiez | LR–MoDem–UDI | 795,661 | 31.73 | 1,201,597 | 40.62 | 113 | 55.39 |
| style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;" | | Christophe Boudot | FN | 639,923 | 25.52 | 667,102 | 22.55 | 34 | 16.67 |
| Jean-Jack Queyranne | PS–PRG | 600,112 | 23.93 | 1,089,756 | 36.84 | 57 | 27.94 | |
| style="background:Template:Europe Ecology – The Greens/meta/color;" | | Jean-Charles Kohlhaas | EELV–PG–ND | 173,038 | 6.90 | ||||
| Cécile Cukierman | PCF | 135,274 | 5.39 | |||||
| style="background:Template:Debout la France/meta/color;" | | Gerbert Rambaud | DLF | 71,538 | 2.85 | ||||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;" | | Éric Lafond | NC | 39,187 | 1.56 | ||||
| style="background:Template:Lutte Ouvrière/meta/color;" | | Chantal Gomez | LO | 31,359 | 1.25 | ||||
| style="background:Template:Popular Republican Union (2007)/meta/color;" | | Alain Fédèle | UPR | 21,723 | 0.87 | ||||
| Total | 2,507,815 | 100.00 | 2,958,455 | 100.00 | 204 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 2,507,815 | 96.55 | 2,958,455 | 96.58 | ||||
| Blank votes | 59,333 | 2.28 | 59,166 | 1.93 | ||||
| Null votes | 30,175 | 1.16 | 45,577 | 1.49 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,597,323 | 48.91 | 3,063,198 | 57.68 | ||||
| Abstentions | 2,713,316 | 51.09 | 2,247,266 | 42.32 | ||||
| Registered voters | 5,310,639 | 5,310,464 | ||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior, Le Monde (parties) | ||||||||
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "La carte à 13 régions définitivement adoptée" (in French). Agence France-Presse. Le Monde. 17 December 2014. http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2014/12/17/la-carte-a-13-regions-definitivement-adoptee_4542278_823448.html. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Insee - Populations légales 2012 - Populations légales 2012 des régions". Insee. http://www.insee.fr/fr/ppp/bases-de-donnees/recensement/populations-legales/france-regions.asp?annee=2012. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Loi n° 2015-29 du 16 janvier 2015 relative à la délimitation des régions, aux élections régionales et départementales et modifiant le calendrier électoral (in French)
- ^ Décret n° 2016-1266 du 28 septembre 2016 portant fixation du nom et du chef-lieu de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (in French)
- ^ "Résultats des élections régionales 2015". Ministère de l'Intérieur. 13 December 2015. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Regionales/elecresult__regionales-2015/(path)/regionales-2015/84/84.html. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ Pierre Breteau; Samuel Laurent; Maxime Vaudano (5 August 2015). "Elections régionales : quel est le candidat dans votre (nouvelle) région ?". Le Monde. http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/visuel/2015/08/05/regionales-2015-la-carte-des-candidats-dans-votre-region_4712776_4355770.html. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
External links[]
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. |
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