States or Territories

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Region

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes." Accessed September 6, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/auvergne-rhone-alpes.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes. Retrieved September 6, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/auvergne-rhone-alpes

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-auvergne-rhone-alpes,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/auvergne-rhone-alpes},
  note = {Accessed September 6, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

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

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

France

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes is a region of France.

Source Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Wikipedia)

Lyon

lyon is associated with auvergne-rhone-alpes.

Source Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Lyon

lyon is the capital of auvergne-rhone-alpes.

Source Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Europe

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes is on continent.

Source Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

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Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes is a landlocked region in Southern France. It was created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhone-Alpes. The new region came into effect on 1 January 2016.

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