Arrondissements of the Rhône department
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The two arrondissements of the Rhône department are:[1]
- Arrondissement of Lyon, (prefecture of the Rhône department: Lyon) with 135 communes (59 of these communes are in the Metropolis of Lyon). The population of the arrondissement was 1,585,411 in 2016.
- Arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône, (subprefecture: Villefranche-sur-Saône) with 132 communes.[2] The population of the arrondissement was 250,492 in 2016.
History
In 1800 the arrondissements of Lyon and Villefranche were established.[3] All of them is never disbanded. On 1 January 2015, 101 communes that did not join the newly created Metropolis of Lyon passed from the arrondissement of Lyon to the arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône.[4] On 1 February 2017, 78 communes passed from the arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône to the arrondissement of Lyon.[5]
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2016" (PDF). INSEE. December 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ "Arrondissement de Villefranche-sur-Saône (692)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ Historique du Rhône
- ^ "Arrêté préfectoral n° 2014353-0002" (PDF). Préfecture régionale de Rhône-Alpes. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-20.
- ^ "Arrêté n° 2017-019" (PDF). Préfecture régionale Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
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