Rhone-Alpes

Rhone-Alpes was a managerial area of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is a piece of the new locale Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes. It is situated on the eastern outskirt of the nation, towards the south. The district was named after the Rhone and the Alps mountain extend. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-biggest metropolitan territory in France after Paris. Rhone-Alpes has the 6th biggest economy of any European area.

Rhone-Alpes is situated in the east of France. Toward the north are the French areas of Bourgogne and Franche-Comte, toward the west it fringes the locale Auvergne, toward the south it outskirts Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur. The western piece of the area contains the beginning of the Massif central mountain go. The district additionally fringes or contains real lakes, for example, lake Geneva and lake Annecy. The Ardeche moves through the southwest part of the locale, where it has cut the most profound chasm in Europe. Flaunting eight regular parks and superior locales, for example, Mont Blanc and the Gorges de l'Ardeche, Rhone-Alpes offers a wide scope of various scenes: mountains, vineyards and delicate valleys, fields of lavender and olive forests.

There are six primary lakes in Rhone-Alpes:

• Lac de Paladru

• Lac d'Aiguebelette

• Lac du Bourget

• Lac d'Annecy

• Lac de Nantua

• Lac Leman