Category:Rhône (department)

**Rhône**
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Instance of	department of France (territorial collectivity of France);
Named after	Rhône;
Location	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; Rhône-Alpes; departmental district of the Rhône; France;
Capital	Lyon (de facto, transient state, 2015–);
Inception	12 August 1793;
Highest point	Mont Saint-Rigaud;
Population	451,317 (2015); 457,392 (2017); 460,632 (2018); 464,176 (2019);
Area	2,715.11 km²;
Followed by	Metropolis of Lyon (Arrondissement of Lyon, 2015–);
Replaces	Rhône-et-Loire (1793);
Different from	departmental district of the Rhône; Rhône;
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	45° 59′ 43.81″ N, 4° 43′ 10.45″ E
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	Q46130; VIAF ID: 23144814298750924399; GND ID: 4103775-3; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 15242596r; NL CR AUえーゆーT ID: ge138131; BabelNet ID: 03687322n; OpenStreetMap relation ID: 4850451
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This category is about the new French department of Rhône since 2015, which is part of the departemental circonscription of Rhône and also formed (until end of January 2017) a single arrondissement in the departemental constituency of Rhône, separated from the new Metropole of Lyon.

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