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Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

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Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes is a landlocked region of southern France, formed on 1 January 2016 by the merger of Auvergne and Rhone-Alpes under the 2014 territorial reform of French regions. It has a population of 8,205,557 as of 2023 across an area of about 69,711 square kilometers, and its prefecture (capital) is Lyon. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Capital
Lyon 1
Population
8,205,557 1
2023 figure from Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes's own Wikipedia infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2023 1
Area (sq km)
69,711 1
Admission Year
2016 1
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France, Countries

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes is a region of France.

Source Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Wikipedia)
Lyon, Cities

lyon is associated with auvergne-rhone-alpes.

Source Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Wikipedia)

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Lyon, Cities

lyon is the capital of auvergne-rhone-alpes.

Source Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Wikipedia)
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Source Verney-Carron (Wikipedia)Lead sentence
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is a French firearm manufacturing company based in Saint-Etienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
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1. Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    It was created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; 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.
  • Infobox, prefecture
    Lyon
  • Infobox, population
    8,205,557 (2023)
  • Infobox, area
    69,711 km2
  • Lead section, admission-year sentence
    The new region came into effect on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections in December 2015.
  • Part Of: France, Lead paragraph
    ʁonalp] ; AURA) is a landlocked region in Southern France.
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