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What is the capital of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Naturalisation no. 197
Quel est le chef-lieu de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ?
What is the capital of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region?
Answer. Lyon.
Lyon.
Lyon is the prefecture, and therefore the capital, of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region.
The official text that proves it
« Ses principales villes sont Lyon (préfecture), Grenoble, Saint-Étienne, Clermont-Ferrand, Annecy et Chambéry. »
Its main towns are Lyon (prefecture), Grenoble, Saint-Etienne, Clermont-Ferrand, Annecy and Chambery.
In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet
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