What is Rhône-Alpes?
[[File:Rhône-Alpes map.png|thumb|right|Rhône-Alpes is in red]] [[File:Flag of Rhône-Alpes.svg|right|250px]] [[File:Blason Rhône-Alpes Gendarmerie.svg|right|100px]] '''Rhône-Alpes''' is a former administrative region of [[France]]. It is now part of the administrative region of [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]]. In [[2010]], about six million people lived in the region. The capital was [[Lyon]]. [[Grenoble]] and [[Saint-Étienne]] are also important cities in the region. The [[Departments of France|departments]] in the region were: *[[Ain]] *[[Ardèche]] *[[Drôme]] *[[Isère]] *[[Loire]] *[[Rhône (department)|Rhône]] *[[Savoie]] *[[Haute-Savoie]] The Rhône-Alpes region hosted the [[Winter Olympics]] three times; in [[1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] at [[Chamonix]], [[1968 Winter Olympics|1968]] at [[Grenoble]], and [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] at [[Albertville]]. ==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline}} {{France-geo-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rhone-Alpes}} [[Category:Former administrative regions of France]]