Rhône's 3rd Constituency
The 3rd constituency of the Rhône (French: ''Troisième circonscription du Rhône'') is a French legislative constituency in the Rhône ''département''. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system. Description The 3rd constituency of the Rhône includes parts of Lyon to the south of the city centre. Since 2015 this constituency has been part of the Lyon Metropolis and therefore outside of the Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ... for administrative purposes. In common with the neighbouring Rhône's 2nd constituency this seat swung to the left in 2007 after many years of electing conservative deputies. Jean-Louis Touraine retained the constituency in 2017 after switching parties to La République En Marche!, ...
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Rhône (department)
Rhône (; frp, Rôno) is a department of east-central France, in the central-southeastern Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Named after the river Rhône, its prefecture is Lyon. Its sole subprefecture is Villefranche-sur-Saône. In 2019, it had a population of 1,875,747.Populations légales 2019: 69 Rhône
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History

The department was created on August 12, 1793, when the former Rhône-et-Loire was split into two departments: Rhône and . Originally, the eastern border of Rhône was the city of