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(Redirected from Rhone departement) Department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France For the river, see Rhône. For other uses, see Rhone (disambiguation). Department of France in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rhône Rôno (Arpitan)
Department of France
Prefecture building of the Rhône department in the 3rd arrondissement of LyonPrefecture building of the Rhône department in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon
Flag of RhôneFlagCoat of arms of RhôneCoat of arms
Location of Rhône in FranceLocation of Rhône in France
Coordinates: 45°50′N 04°40′E / 45.833°N 4.667°E / 45.833; 4.667
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
PrefectureLyon
SubprefecturesVillefranche-sur-Saône
Government
 • President of the Departmental CouncilChristophe Guilloteau (LR)
Area
 • Total2,715 km (1,048 sq mi)
 • Rank55th
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number69D
Arrondissements2
Cantons13
Communes208
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km².

Rhône (French pronunciation: [ʁon]; Arpitan: Rôno) is a French department located in the east-central administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Rhône, its prefecture is Lyon. Its sole subprefecture is Villefranche-sur-Saône. Including the Lyon Metropolis, it had a population of 1,875,747 in 2019.

History

The department was created on August 12, 1793, when the former Rhône-et-Loire was split into two departments: 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 departments. With the growth of Lyon and the extension of its urban area into communes such as Villeurbanne, the limits of the department 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 department:

  • In 1852, four communes from Isère were incorporated into Rhône.
  • In 1967, 23 communes of Isère and six communes of Ain were incorporated into Rhône.
  • In 1971, one commune from Isère was incorporated into Rhône.

With these enlargements, the area of the department increased from 2,791 km to 3,249 km (16.4% larger). At the 1999 French census, the original department of Rhône 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.

In 2015 the Metropolis of Lyon was separated from the department of Rhône. Rhône lost 16% of its territory, and 75% of its population. Lyon, although no longer part of the department, remains its administrative center.

Geography

Rivers include the Rhône and the Saône (which joins the Rhône in Lyon). The neighboring departments are Ain, Isère, Loire and Saône-et-Loire.

Demographics

Population development since 1801 (with Lyon Metropolis) :

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1801299,390—    
1831434,429+1.25%
1841500,831+1.43%
1851574,745+1.39%
1861662,493+1.43%
1872670,247+0.11%
1881741,470+1.13%
1891806,737+0.85%
1901843,179+0.44%
1911915,581+0.83%
1921956,566+0.44%
19311,046,028+0.90%
YearPop.±% p.a.
19361,028,379−0.34%
1946918,866−1.12%
1954966,782+0.64%
19621,116,664+1.82%
19681,325,571+2.90%
19751,429,647+1.09%
19821,445,208+0.15%
19901,508,966+0.54%
19991,578,869+0.50%
20061,669,653+0.80%
20161,835,903+0.95%
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Before the Metropolis of Lyon was separated from the department, over 75% of its population lived within the Greater Lyon, which included all of the largest cities of the Rhône department, apart from Villefranche-sur-Saône.

The most populous commune of the new department of Rhône is Villefranche-sur-Saône. As of 2019, there are 5 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants:

Commune Population (2021)
Villefranche-sur-Saône 35,913
Belleville-en-Beaujolais 13,542
Genas 13,483
Brignais 12,388
Tarare 10,428

Politics

The President of the Departmental Council is Christophe Guilloteau, a member of the Republicans (LR).

Current National Assembly Representatives

Constituency Member Party
Rhône's 1st constituency Anaïs Belouassa-Cherifi LFI
Rhône's 2nd constituency Boris Tavernier LÉ–EELV
Rhône's 3rd constituency Marie-Charlotte Garin LÉ–EELV
Rhône's 4th constituency Sandrine Runel PS
Rhône's 5th constituency Blandine Brocard MoDem
Rhône's 6th constituency Gabriel Amard LFI
Rhône's 7th constituency Alexandre Vincendet LR
Rhône's 8th constituency Jonathan Géry RN
Rhône's 9th constituency Alexandre Portier LR
Rhône's 10th constituency Thomas Gassilloud RE
Rhône's 11th constituency Jean-Luc Fugit RE
Rhône's 12th constituency Cyrille Isaac-Sibille MoDem
Rhône's 13th constituency Tiffany Joncour RN
Rhône's 14th constituency Idir Boumertit LFI

This list includes representatives from Lyon Metropolis created in 2015 as a separate department.

Tourism

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ Populations légales 2019: 69 Rhône, INSEE
  3. Boitel, L. (1865). Revue du Lyonnais (in French). p. 197. ISBN 978-1142749255.
  4. "Bienvenue à la Métropole de Lyon - La Métropole de Lyon". www.grandlyon.com.
  5. Comparateur de territoires: Département du Rhône (69), Métropole de Lyon (200046977), INSEE
  6. "Historique du Rhône". Le SPLAF.
  7. "Évolution et structure de la population en 2016". INSEE.
  8. Nationale, Assemblée. "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français". Assemblée nationale.

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Communes of the Rhône department
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