Rhône-Alpes

Rhône-Alpes was an administrative region in southeastern France, bordering Switzerland and Italy. It merged with Auvergne in 2016 to form Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: A French administrative region formed in 2016 by merging Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. It is the region that replaced Rhône-Alpes after the 2016 merger.
French Alps: The portion of the Alps located in France, extending along the country’s southeastern border. The Alps made mountain tourism and winter sports central to parts of Rhône-Alpes.
Auvergne: A historic region of central France, formerly an administrative region before the 2016 reform. Auvergne merged with Rhône-Alpes to create the current regional administration.
French regional reform of 2016: A territorial reorganization that reduced the number of metropolitan French regions from 22 to 13. The reform ended Rhône-Alpes as a separate administrative region.
Lyon: A major city in east-central France at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers. Lyon was Rhône-Alpes’s capital and largest city.
Grenoble: A city in southeastern France, surrounded by the French Alps and known for research and industry. Grenoble was a major Rhône-Alpes center for science and technology.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: A region of southeastern France bordering Italy and the Mediterranean Sea. It lay directly south of Rhône-Alpes and shared parts of the Alpine landscape.
Regional council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: The elected deliberative assembly governing the French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It inherited regional responsibilities after the merger.
Ain: A department in eastern France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Ain was one of Rhône-Alpes’s eight departments.
Chamonix: A French Alpine town at the foot of Mont Blanc and a center for mountaineering and skiing. Chamonix exemplified the region’s international mountain-tourism economy.