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The Ardèche

25 July 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Environment, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time: 6 minutes

Pont d’Arc arch © Paste/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Ardèche (Occitan: Ardecha) is a 125-kilometre (78 mi) long river in south-central France, a right-bank tributary of the River Rhône. Its source is in the Massif Central, near the village of Astet. It flows into the Rhône near Pont-Saint-Esprit, north-west of Orange. The river gives its name to the French department of Ardèche. read more…

Tags: Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Frankreich, Gorges de l’Ardèche, Massif Central, Occitania, Okzitanien, Parc naturel régional des Monts d’Ardèche, Regionaler Naturpark Monts d’Ardèche, UNESCO, UNESCO Global Geopark

Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse in Lyon

2 March 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time: 8 minutes

Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse or La Halle or sometimes the belly of Lyon are covered markets from 1971, in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. This covered market of 13,500 m², with around sixty merchants and restaurants, is one of the emblematic high places of Lyonnais cuisine, dedicated to Lyonnais mothers, and to the famous emblematic Lyonnais chef 3 stars in the Michelin Guide Paul Bocuse (1926-2018). read more…

Lapalisse in Auvergne

2 October 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General Reading Time: 4 minutes

Château de la Palice © Sabrina bl/cc-by-sa-4.0

Lapalisse is a French commune with 3,137 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2021) in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is part of the arrondissement of Vichy and the seat of the Pays de Lapalisse municipal association. The municipality is located on the Besbre, about 20 kilometers northeast of Vichy. The townscape is dominated by Lapalisse Castle. read more…

Tags: Allier, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Frankreich, Lapalisse, N7 national road, Nationalstraße N 7, Pays de Lapalisse, Route bleue, Route nationale 7

Lake Geneva

11 April 2024 | Author/Destination: European Free Trade Association | Category: General Reading Time: 9 minutes

Lake Geneva (French: le Léman, lac Léman, rarely lac de Genève; Italian: Lago Lemano; German: Genfersee; Romansh: Lai da Genevra) is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty per cent (345.31 km² or 133.32 sq mi) of the lake belongs to Switzerland (the cantons of Vaud, Geneva and Valais) and forty per cent (234.71 km² or 90.62 sq mi) to France (the department of Haute-Savoie). Lake Geneva is divided into three parts because of its different types of formation (sedimentation, tectonic folding, glacial erosion): read more…

Tags: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Frankreich, Geneva, Genf, Genfersee, Grand Lac, Haut Lac, Haute-Savoie, Lac Léman, Lake Geneva, Petit Lac, Romandie, Schweit, Swiss, Switzerland, Wallis, Westschweiz

Theme Week Auvergne – Le Puy-en-Velay

29 July 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time: 8 minutes

Chapel Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe © W. Bulach/cc-by-sa-4.0

Le Puy-en-Velay (literally Le Puy in Velay; Occitan: Lo Puèi de Velai) is the prefecture of the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. Located near the river Loire, the city is famous for its cathedral, for a kind of lentil, for its lace-making, as well as for being the origin of the Chemin du Puy, one of the principal origin points of the pilgrimage route of Santiago de Compostela in France. In 2017, the commune had a population of 18,995. read more…

Theme Week Auvergne – Issoire

28 July 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General Reading Time: 7 minutes

Town Hall © Krzysztof Golik/cc-by-sa-4.0

Issoire is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. Issoire is located on the river Couze, near its confluence with the Allier, 40 km (25 mi) SSE of Clermont-Ferrand on the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée railway to Nîmes. Issoire is situated in one of the fertile plains of the Petites Limagnes—basins that follow the Allier from its source in the Massif Central to the Grande Limagne north of Clermont-Ferrand and on to the Loire. read more…

Tags: Allier, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Couze, France, Frankreich, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Theme Week, Themenwoche

Theme Week Auvergne – Montluçon

27 July 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General Reading Time: 6 minutes

Château of the Dukes of Bourbon © Lionel Allorge/cc-by-sa-3.0

Montluçon (Occitan: Montleçon) is a commune in central France on the river Cher. It is the largest commune in the Allier department, although the department’s prefecture is located in the smaller town of Moulins. Its inhabitants are known as Montluçonnais. The town is in the traditional province of Bourbonnais and was part of the mediaeval duchy of Bourbon. Montluçon is located in the northwest of the Allier department near the frontier of the Centre-Val de Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. read more…

Tags: Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Frankreich, Montluçon, Theme Week, Themenwoche

Theme Week Auvergne – Aurillac

26 July 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General Reading Time: 8 minutes

Aurillac (Occitan: Orlhac) is the prefecture of the Cantal department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aurillacois or Aurillacoises. The Jordanne river flows through the heart of the commune from north to south where it joins the Cère just south of the commune. read more…

Tags: Aurillac, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Cantal, France, Frankreich, Theme Week, Themenwoche