Rhône (département)
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| Rhône | |
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| The Rhône coat of arms | |
| Location | |
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| Administration | |
| Département number: | 69 |
| Région: | Rhône-Alpes |
| Préfecture: | Lyon |
| Sub-Préfectures: | Villefranche- sur-Saône |
| Arrondissements: | 2 |
| Cantons: | 54 |
| Communes: | 293 |
| Conseiller Général: | Michel Mercier |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 4th |
| -Jan.1, 2004 estimate -March 8, 1999 census | 1,646,349 1,578,869 |
| Population density: | 507/km² |
| Land area¹: | 3,249 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
| Image:Flag of France.svg | |
Rhône is a French département located in the central Eastern région of Rhône-Alpes. It is named after the Rhône River.
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[edit] History
The Rhône département was created on August 12, 1793 when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire was split into two départements (Rhône and Loire).
Originally, the eastern border of Rhône was the city of Lyon itself, so that the communes immediately east of Lyon belonged to neighboring départements. With the growth of Lyon and the spilling of the urban area over the suburban communes of Lyon, the limits of the département were judged impractical as they left the suburbs of Lyon outside of Rhône . Thus, Rhône was enlarged several times to incorporate into it the suburbs of Lyon from neighboring départements:
- In 1852, 4 communes from Isère were incorporated into Rhône.
- In 1967, 23 communes of Isère and 6 communes of Ain were incorporated into Rhône.
- In 1971, 1 commune from Isère was incorporated into Rhône.
With these enlargements, the area of the Rhône département increased from 2,791 km² to the current 3,249 km² (16.4% larger). At the 1999 French census, the original Rhône département would have had only 1,071,288 inhabitants, which means that the population in the territories added in the last two centuries was 507,581 inhabitants in 1999.
[edit] Geography
Rivers include the Rhône and the Saône (which joins the Rhône in Lyon).
Other cities include Villeurbanne, which touches Lyon's Eastern suburbs and Chaponost.
The neighboring départements are Ain, Isère, Loire and Saône-et-Loire.
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Rhône département
- Communes of the Rhône département
- Arrondissements of the Rhône département
- French language
- Franco-Provençal language
[edit] External links
- Préfecture website (in French)
- Conseil général website (in French)
- 69.pagesd.info - Webportal and directory of communes and web sites of the Rhône (69) département website (in French)
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