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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (French pronunciation: [ovɛʁɲ ʁonalp] ⓘ; ARA) [note 1] is a region in southeast-central France 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. [4]
The Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes was created by the act on the delimitation of regions, regional and departmental elections and amending the electoral calendar of 16 January 2015, which went into effect on 1 January 2016 and merged the Regional Council of Auvergne and Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes, [1] consisting of 47 and 156 regional councillors, respectively, into a single ...
Marahoué Region was created in 1997 as a first-level administrative region of the country. In 2000, Oumé Department was split off from Marahoué and combined with Gagnoa Department from Haut-Sassandra Region to form Fromager Region. As part of the 2011 administrative reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast, Marahoué was converted ...
Perimeter of the PNR in 2016. The park is managed by several structures on a cooperation basis. There is the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Loire and Loire's departments, by 24 EPCI (French: Établissements publics de coopération intercommunale, which are Public institutions of intercommunal cooperation) and also by 164 towns certified parc naturel régional (Regional ...
The first cement works was built in Genevrey-de-Vif in 1857. The town has two churches: Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Vif and Saint-Marie du Genevrey, which is one of the oldest medieval churches in Grenoble métropole. The actual town hall was an ancient monastery until 1792, then a silk mill managed by the Berriat family.
Bourgoin-Jallieu (French pronunciation: [buʁɡwɛ̃ ʒaljø] ⓘ; Arpitan: Brégon) is a commune in the Isère department in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France. The city had 28,834 inhabitants in 2019 and lies 35 kilometres east-southeast of Lyon. It was formed by the merger of the former communes Bourgoin and Jallieu in 1965. [3]
Giou-de-Mamou's rock has probably been inhabited since the Celtic period (megalithic remains have been found in the village). The name Giou-de-Mamou is of ancient origins and would indicate that Jupiter (Jovis) was worshiped there. [3] Prior to the French Revolution Giou de Mamou was part of a former province of Auvergne called Haute-Auvergne ...
Beaumont (Auvergnat: Biaumont) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.The commune lies to the south of the dormant volcano, the Puy-de-Dôme (10 km from the commune and the city) which is clearly visible, including the telecommunication antennas that sit on its top.