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Français : Carte administrative vierge de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, destinée à la géolocalisation. Projection "Géoportail" (projection équirectangulaire à la latitude de référence 46.5° Nord)
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]
Auvergne terrain map. Auvergne is known for its mountain ranges and dormant volcanoes. Together the Monts Dore and the Chaîne des Puys include 80 volcanoes. The Puy de Dôme is the highest volcano in the region, with an altitude of 1,465 metres (4,806 ft).
Savoie is part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region established on 1 January 2016. It was previously part of Rhône-Alpes. It borders the departments of Haute-Savoie, Ain, Isère and Hautes-Alpes in addition to the Aosta Valley and the Metropolitan City of Turin in Italy. Much of Savoie is covered by mountains: Mont Blanc Massif; Belledonne Massif
Drôme lies within the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme is bordered by Ardèche to the west, Isère to the north and east, Hautes-Alpes to the east, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence to the southeast and Vaucluse to the south. The northwestern tip of the department is only 3 miles (5 km) from the Loire border.
Isère (US: / iː ˈ z ɛər / ee-ZAIR, [3] [4] French: ⓘ; Arpitan: Isera; Occitan: Isèra, Occitan pronunciation:) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019. [5] Its prefecture is Grenoble.
The Ardèche has an average population density of 52 per km 2, compared to 122 per km 2 for the Rhône-Alpes region and 104 per km 2 in France. Population density is highest in the regions around the two towns of Annonay and Aubenas and along the edge of the Rhône valley.
On 1 January 2016, the region was dissolved and its territory has been part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. [ 7 ] The administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne , one of the seven counties of Occitania , and includes provinces and areas that historically were not part of Auvergne.