The Rhone-Alpes region of France
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It is the biggest region of France in size and second biggest in population, and the Rhône-Alpes region is a place very attractive for the traveller which covers an area of 43,698 km² and contains the departments Ain, Ardèche, Drôme, Isère, Loire, Rhône, Savoie and Haute-Savoie.
Notable cities are: Lyon , the second biggest French city, Grenoble, big academic centre where the Winter Olympic Games of 1968 took place. Annecy, lovely town with a beautiful lake Chambéry, once the capital of the Dukedom of Savoie Privas, Saint-Etienne, Valence and of course Mont-Blanc.
Rhone-Alpes contains the following departements (the chief town of each department - the prefecture) is shown in brackets:-
- Ain (Bourg-en-Bresse)
- Ardeche (Privas)
- Drome (Valence)
- Isère (Grenoble)
- Loire (Saint-etienne)
- Rhone (Lyon)
- Savoie (Chambery)
- Haute-Savoie (Annecy)