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Rhône-Alpes

Rhône-Alpes (French pronunciation: [ron.alp] ( listen); Arpitan: Rôno-Arpes; Occitan: Ròse Aups) is one of the 26 regions of France, located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the Rhône River and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the...

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Drôme

Drôme (Droma in Occitan, Drôma in Arpitan) is a department in southeastern France named after the Drôme River. Drôme is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the former province...

Loire

Loire (Arpitan: Lêre, Occitan: Léger) is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the River Loire's upper reaches. Loire was created in 1793 when the original department of Rhône-et-Loire was split. Its capitals have...

Grenoble

Grenoble (Arpitan: Grenoblo) is a city in south-eastern France situated at the foot of the French Alps where the Drac joins the Isère River. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the départment of Isère. The proximity of the...

Albertville

Albertville (Arpitan : Arbèrtvile) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. The town is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics. Albertville is situated on the Arly River, close to the...

Rhône

Rhône (Franco-Provençal : Rôno) is a French department located in the central Eastern region of Rhône-Alpes. It is named after the Rhône River. The Rhône department was created on August 12, 1793 when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire was...

Ain

Ain (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃]; Arpitan: En) is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France. Being part of the region Rhône-Alpes and bordered by the rivers Saône and Rhône, the department of Ain enjoys a privileged...

Vallon-Pont-d'Arc

Vallon-Pont-d'Arc is a commune in the Ardèche department in south-eastern France. Vallon-Pont-d'Arc is a capital of prehistoric and cultural tourism. This small village, peaceful in wintertime, sees its population multiply 10 times in summer. Its...

Savoie

Savoie (Arpitan : Savouè d’Avâl) is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes (Rôno-Arpes) region in the French Alps. It is one of the two departments of the region of Savoy that was annexed by France on March 24, 1860 after the Treaty of Turin...

Isère

Isère (Arpitan: Isera, Occitan: Isèra) is a department, in the Rhône-Alpes (Rôno-Arpes in Arpitan) region in the east of France named after the river Isère. Isère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4,...

Ardèche

Ardèche (Occitan and Arpitan: Ardecha) is a department in south-central France named after the Ardèche River. The area has been inhabited by humans at least since the Upper Paleolithic, as attested by the famous cave paintings at Chauvet Pont d'Arc....

Haute-Savoie

Haute-Savoie (Arpitan : Savouè d’Amont / Hiôta-Savouè) is a French department, named for its location in the Alps mountain range. Haute-Savoie (English: "Upper Savoy") is one of two departments of the region of Savoy that was annexed by France on 24...

Valence

Valence (Occitan Valença) is a commune in south-eastern France, the capital of the department of Drôme, situated on the left bank of the Rhône, 65 miles (105 km) south of Lyon on the railway to Marseille. Its inhabitants are called Valentinois or...

Ferney-Voltaire

Ferney-Voltaire is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It lies between the Jura mountains and the Swiss border and forms part of the metropolitan area of Geneva. Ferney was first noted in 14th-century Burgundian registers as "Fernex."...

Bogy

Bogy is a commune of the Ardèche department in southern France. Its inhabitants are called Bogyens. Bogy is located 10 km (6.2 mi) from Annonay, and 50 km (31 mi) from Valence.

Bourg-en-Bresse

Bourg-en-Bresse (French pronunciation: [buʁkɑ̃bʁɛs]; Bôrg in Arpitan language) is a commune in eastern France, capital of the Ain department, and was capital of the former province of Bresse (Brêsse). It is located 70 km (43 mi) north-northeast of...

Cruas

Cruas is a commune by the Rhône River in the Ardèche département in southern France. The village has a Romanesque abbey with a crypt.

Nantua

Nantua is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury was Prior of Nantua from 1232 to 1253.

Morzine

Morzine is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is famous for panoramic mountain views, modern ski facilities and highly rated hotels and restaurants. The ski resort of Avoriaz is located on...

Annonay

Annonay is a commune in the north of the Ardèche department in the Rhône-Alpes region in southern France. It is the most populous commune in the Ardèche department, although it is not the préfecture (capital), which resides in the smaller town of...

Viriat

Viriat is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Settlement there goes back to at least the Celtic period. In the twelfth century, the name "Viriacus" appears in a record, referring to church and a priory.

Faverges

Faverges is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It occupies the glacial valley which gave birth to Lake Annecy. Originally, at the end of the ice age, the lake extended some 30 km, from...

Montmin

Montmin is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. The seven hamlets occupy a four-mile long valley which is bordered on the west by Mont Chenevier, and on the east by the impressive and snow...

Val d'Isère

Val-d'Isère is a commune in the Tarentaise Valley Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It lies 5 km (3 miles) from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the Vanoise National Park created in 1963. The Face de...

Val Thorens

Val Thorens located in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, French Alps, is the highest ski resorts in Europe , at 2300 m altitude. It is located in the commune of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville in the Savoie département. The resort forms part of the 3...

Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay

Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay is a commune in the Ardèche department in south-eastern France. The village was founded in 972. The Deûme passes through Saint-Marcel and flows into the Cance with Annonay. Water from these rivers come from the granitic...

Talencieux

Talencieux is a commune in the Ardèche département in southern France.

Gaillard

Gaillard is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Gaillard is close to Geneva on the Swiss border. The biggest border crossing is called Moillesulaz and the second one is Fossard.

Cerdon

Cerdon is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It is known for its pink sparkling wine, and for its copper factory, the only one of its kind in France.

Saint-Cyr, Ardèche

Saint-Cyr is a commune in the Ardèche department in south-eastern France.

Aubenas

Aubenas is a commune in the southern part of the Ardèche department in the Rhône Valley in southern France. It is the seat of several government offices. The surrounding countryside, which is mountainous and rugged; is popular for vacation homes....

Bourg-Saint-Andéol

Bourg-Saint-Andéol is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Rhône Valley in southern France. It is the capital of a canton in the arrondissement of Privas, with a population of circa 8,000 in 1999. It lies directly along the Rhône River at the...

Annemasse

Annemasse is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It lies on the border with Switzerland. Annemasse is part of the metropolitan area of Geneva. Annemasse is the last exit of the French motorway...

Izieu

Izieu is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It lies on the Rhône River between the cities of Lyon and Chambery. Izieu was the site of a Jewish orphanage during the Second World War. Most of the children were however only separated...

Vienne, Isère

Vienne is a commune in south-eastern France, located 20 miles (32 km) south of Lyon, on the Rhône River. It is the second largest city after Grenoble in the Isère department, of which it is a subprefecture. The city's population was of 29,400 as of...

Évian-les-Bains

Évian-les-Bains or Évian is a commune in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It lies on the shores of Lake Geneva (aka Lac Léman), opposite Lausanne, Switzerland. In July 1938, the...

Villeurbanne

Villeurbanne is a commune in the Rhône department in in eastern France. It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France after that of Paris. Villeurbanne is the second-largest city in...

Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut

Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut is a commune of the Ardèche department in south-eastern France. The rivers Eyrieux, Gluyere and Auzène flow through the town. Ruins of an early-medieval castle (which was used as a watch tower/outpost) on one of the hills...

Dargoire

Dargoire is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Gex

Gex is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It lies 5 km (3.1 mi) from the Swiss border and 16 km (9.9 mi) from Geneva. It is a sous-préfecture of Ain. The town gave its name to the Pays de Gex, at various times under the jurisdiction...

Bron

Bron is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It lies 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Lyon. It is the sixth-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is adjacent to its east side. It forms part of the Urban Community of Lyon. The earliest traces...

Les Allues

Les Allues is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. The commune contains Méribel and the ski resort Méribel les Allues.

Ornex

Ornex is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It is located on the RN5 highway between the Jura mountains and the Swiss border. Located nine kilometres from Geneva, many inhabitants commute across the Swiss border each morning to jobs...

Nernier

Nernier is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. With its bigger and more renowned neighbouring village of Yvoire, Nernier shares the medieval village center and beautiful flower decoration...

Roanne

Roanne (Rouana in Arpitan) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It is located 90 km (56 mi) northwest of Lyon on the Loire River. Roanne is known for gastronomy (largely because of the famous Troisgros family), textiles,...

Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon

Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It is a suburb of the city of Lyon, and is located to its north-northeast. It is thus a component of the metropolitan Urban Community of Lyon. It is an industrial town only...

Maclas

Maclas is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Maclas is located near the villages of Véranne and Saint-Appolinard, approximately 50 kilometres south of Lyon. It is located in the Pilat mountain range and its main industries are...

Megève

Megève is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Megève is a famous ski resort near the Mont-Blanc in the French Alps. Many consider it to be one of the most beautiful resorts in the world. The...

Les Chapelles

Les Chapelles is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Montélimar

Montélimar (Latin name: Acumum and Montelaimar in occitan) is a commune in the Drôme department in south-eastern France. It is the second largest town in the department after Valence. The site where the city of Montélimar stands today has been...

Les Houches

Les Houches is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is a ski-resort, and is located 6 kilometres from Chamonix with a ski domain which extends from an altitude of 950 metres up to 1900 metres...

Thonon-les-Bains

Thonon-les-Bains is a town (commune) in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Thonon-les-Bains was the historic capital of Chablais, a province of the old Duchy of...

Chomérac

Chomérac is a commune in the Ardèche département in southern France. Situated approximately 8 km (5 miles) from Ardèche's capital, Privas, its location in the centre of the Ardèche makes it an ideal location for tourists. The Rhône Valley, popular...

Aix-en-Diois

Aix-en-Diois is a commune in the Drôme department in south-eastern France. Aix-en-Diois belonged to the counts and later to the bishops of Die (twelfth century). Later, it belonged to the Princes of Orange, and finally to the La Tour du Pin family ...