Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The Region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is located in the southeast of central France just north of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur and Occitanie and south of Bourgogne-Franche-Compté. To the east lie Switzerland and Italy.
It was formed from the merger of the old Auvergne with the Rhône-Alpes Regions and came into effect in January 2016. It is made up of 12 Départements or Counties: Ain, Allier, Ardèche, Cantal, Drôme, Haute Loire, Savoie, Haute Savoie, Isère, Loire, Puy de Dôme, Rhône and the Métropole de Lyon.