Rhône department

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department of France

The Rhône department is an administrative region in eastern France that includes the major city of Lyon and is known for its economic importance and cultural heritage.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Rhône (department) 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of France ⓘ
administrativeStatusChange separation of Lyon Metropolis in 2015 ⓘ
borders Ain department ⓘ
surface form: Ain (department)

Haute-Savoie ⓘ
surface form: Haute-Savoie (department)

Isère department ⓘ
surface form: Isère (department)

Loire department ⓘ
surface form: Loire (department)

Lyon metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Métropole de Lyon

Saône-et-Loire ⓘ
surface form: Saône-et-Loire (department)
capital Lyon ⓘ
contains Beaujolais ⓘ
surface form: Beaujolais area

Givors ⓘ
L’Arbresle ⓘ
Monts du Lyonnais ⓘ
Mornant ⓘ
Tarare ⓘ
Villefranche-sur-Saône ⓘ
containsPartOfUrbanArea Lyon metropolitan area ⓘ
country France ⓘ
createdDuring French Revolution ⓘ
createdOn 1793 ⓘ
currentINSEECode 69D ⓘ
elevationFeature Monts du Lyonnais ⓘ
surface form: Monts du Lyonnais hills

Beaujolais ⓘ
surface form: hills of Beaujolais
formerINSEECode 69 ⓘ
governmentType departmental council ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction historic towns ⓘ
vineyards ⓘ
hasEconomicSector agriculture ⓘ
industry ⓘ
services ⓘ
hasLegislativeBody Departmental Council of Rhône ⓘ
surface form: Conseil départemental du Rhône
hasSubnationalEntitySeparated Lyon metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Metropolis of Lyon
ISO3166-2Code FR-69 ⓘ
knownFor cultural heritage ⓘ
economic importance ⓘ
gastronomy ⓘ
wine production ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern France ⓘ
majorCityNearby Lyon ⓘ
namedAfter Rhône River ⓘ
partiallyReorganizedOn 2015 ⓘ
partOf French Republic ⓘ
prefecture Lyon ⓘ
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode 69 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ain → borders → Rhône department ⓘ
Arrondissement of Valence → borders → Rhône department ⓘ
Lyon → isCapitalOf → Rhône department ⓘ
Lyon → locatedIn → Rhône department ⓘ
Saône River → passesThrough → Rhône department ⓘ
Claude Bernard → placeOfBirth → Rhône department ⓘ