Rhône (department)
Rhône
Rôno ( Arpitan) | ||
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Communes 208 | | |
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km². |
Rhône (French pronunciation:
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
- In 1852, four communes from Isère were incorporated into Rhône.[3]
- 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 km2 to 3,249 km2 (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.[4] Rhône lost 16% of its territory, and 75% of its population.[5] 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) :
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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:[2]
Commune | Population (2019) |
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Villefranche-sur-Saône | 36,291 |
Belleville-en-Beaujolais | 13,314 |
Genas | 13,181 |
Brignais | 12,097 |
Tarare | 10490 |
Politics
The
Current National Assembly Representatives
Constituency | Member[8] | Party | |
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Rhône's 1st constituency | Thomas Rudigoz | La République En Marche!
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Rhône's 2nd constituency | Hubert Julien-Laferrière | Ecology Democracy Solidarity | |
Rhône's 3rd constituency | Jean-Louis Touraine | La République En Marche!
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Rhône's 4th constituency | Anne Brugnera | La République En Marche!
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Rhône's 5th constituency | Blandine Brocard | La République En Marche!
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Rhône's 6th constituency | Bruno Bonnell | La République En Marche!
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Rhône's 7th constituency | Anissa Khedher | La République En Marche!
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Rhône's 8th constituency | Patrice Verchère | The Republicans | |
Rhône's 9th constituency | Bernard Perrut | The Republicans | |
Rhône's 10th constituency | Thomas Gassilloud | La République En Marche!
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Rhône's 11th constituency | Jean-Luc Fugit | La République En Marche!
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Rhône's 12th constituency | Cyrille Isaac-Sibille | MoDem | |
Rhône's 13th constituency | Danièle Cazarian | La République En Marche!
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Rhône's 14th constituency | Yves Blein | La République En Marche!
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This list includes representatives from
Tourism
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Beaujolais vineyards
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Château de Jarnioux
See also
- Cantons of the Rhône department
- Communes of the Rhône department
- Arrondissements of the Rhône department
- French language
- Arpitan language
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
- ^ a b Populations légales 2019: 69 Rhône, INSEE
- ISBN 978-1142749255.
- ^ "Bienvenue à la Métropole de Lyon - La Métropole de Lyon". www.grandlyon.com.
- ^ Comparateur de territoires: Département du Rhône (69), Métropole de Lyon (200046977), INSEE
- ^ "Historique du Rhône". Le SPLAF.
- ^ "Évolution et structure de la population en 2016". INSEE.
- ^ Nationale, Assemblée. "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français". Assemblée nationale.
External links
- Prefecture website (in French)
- Departmental Council website (in French)
- 69.pagesd.info - Webportal and directory of communes and web sites of the Rhône (69) département website (in French)