Auvergne-Rhone-Alps brings together the former regions of Auvergne and Rhone-Alps. Auvergne occupies the heart of the Massif Central, with Clermont-Ferrand as its main city. Beyond the department of Allier (Moulins, Vichy), the departments of Cantal, Haute-Loire and Puy de Dôme are largely defined by mountains, plateaus (a portion of Aubrac) and extinct volcanoes. Rhone-Alps includes Lyon, the pre-Alpine towns of Annecy, Aix-les-Bains, Chambéry and Grenoble, the Alpine regions of Savoie (Méribel, Courchevel) and Haute-Savoie (Chamonix, Megève), and the departments of Ardèche, west of the Rhone, and Drôme, east of the Rhone. Drôme presents transition between central France and Provence, hence its southern portion known as Drôme Provençale.
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