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The Rhône (/ r oʊ n / ROHN, French: ⓘ; Occitan: Ròse; Arpitan: Rôno) [1] is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Lion).
View of the Rhone Valley from the top of the Tain-l'Hermitage vineyard. The Vallée du Rhône (French pronunciation: [vale dy ʁon]) of Rhône Valley is a region located on either side of the Rhône, downstream from Lyon, in the south-east of France. [1] The city of Valence in Drôme is considered the heart of the valley.
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.
The various AOC wines of the Rhône Valley region are produced by over 6,000 wine growing properties including 1,837 private wineries and 103 cooperatives. [4] Those vineyard owners which do not vinify their wines themselves deliver their grapes in bulk either to a winemaking cooperative, for example Cellier des Dauphins, or sell them to one of the 51 négociants (wine producers and merchants ...
Drôme (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Occitan: Droma; Arpitan: Drôma) is the southernmost department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019. [3] Drôme's prefecture is Valence.
Rhône-Alpes is a prosperous region which can be seen by its per capita GDP of about €31,231 ($40,000), which is higher than the French average, and an average income of €35,910 ($50,246), its economy second in size only to Île-de-France in France. This can be attributed to the diversity of the production in different sectors.
The main axis of the Gier valley today holds an almost continuous urban and industrial area from Terrenoire in Saint-Étienne to Givors on the Rhone. [5] The main towns from west to east, with their 2010 populations, are Saint-Chamond (35,793), La Grand-Croix (5,070), Lorette (4,498), Rive-de-Gier (14,996) and Givors (19,118). The 12 towns ...
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]