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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, residents


  • Residents of the French region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, which was formed from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. For residents of the former region Auvergne see [Auvergnats.] For residents of the former region Rhône-Alpes see [Rhônalpins.]
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    • Aurhalpins
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    • found: Work cat.: Devi, Ananda. L'ambassadeur triste, 2015:p. 4 of cover (born on the island of Mauritius) (OCoLC)904949746
    • found: Wikipedia, Feb. 2, 2022:Ananda Devi (Ananda Devi (born March 23, 1957) is a Mauritian writer; after spending several years in Brazzaville in the Congo, she moved to Ferney-Voltaire in 1989; she has won, for the totality of her work, the Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature française of the Académie française; in 2010 she was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government) Ferney-Voltaire (Ferney-Voltaire is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into effect on 1 January 2016; demonyms: Auvergnat / Rhônalpin; Aurhalpin (rare & non-official))
    • found: French Wikipedia, Feb. 2, 2022(Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; demonym: Auvergnats; Rhônalpins; Aurhalpin (nonofficial))
    • found: Wiktionnaire, Feb. 2, 2022(Aurhalpin, noun masculine; plural Aurhalpins; an inhabitant of the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
    • found: Dugas, J.-Y. Dictionnaire universel des gentilés en français, 2006:Auvergne (Region of France. Auvergnat, Auvergnate; the ancient people of the region, under the Gauls, were Arvernes, in Latin Arverni; the slang designation Auverpin was formerly used to denigrate the Auvergnats) Rhône-Alpes (Department of France. Rhône-Alpin, Rhône-Alpine. Variant: Rhônalpin, Rhônalpine. The adjective rhonan, rhonane is applied to the region)
    • found: Le petit Robert des nom propres, 2014(Auvergne. Administrative region in the center of France. Demonym: Auvergnats)
    • found: Gentilés de France, via WWW, Feb. 2, 2022(Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (no demonym listed); Auvergne: Auvergnat, Auvergnats, Auvergnate, Auvergnates; Rhône-Alpes: Rhônalpin, Rhônalpins, Rhônalpine, Rhônalpines)
  • General Notes

    • Residents of the French region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, which was formed from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. For residents of the former region Auvergne see [Auvergnats.] For residents of the former region Rhône-Alpes see [Rhônalpins.]
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    • Note under [Auvergnats] and [Rhônalpins]
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  • Change Notes

    • 2022-02-02: new
    • 2022-03-22: revised
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