Rhone (department)
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Rhône (department)

Administration
Full nameRhône
Native name langfr
CountryFrance
RegionRhône-Alpes
Government
PrefectureLyon
President of the General CouncilMichel Mercier
Geography
Total Area1254.1 sq mi (3249 km2)
Demography
Total Population1677073 (4th) (2007)
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Department number69
Arrondissements2
Cantons54
Communes293

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Rhône (Franco-Provençal : Rôno) is a French department located in the central Eastern region of Rhône-Alpes. It is named after the Rhône River.

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Party seats
Socialist Party 19
Union for a Popular Movement 16
MoDem 7
Miscellaneous Right 5
New Centre 3
French Communist Party 3
The Greens 1
Left Radical Party 1



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