France - Vallée du Rhône

The Rhône Valley: a France scenario

⚠️ WARNING: to play this map, you must enable the experimental map features in the game's configuration files, as explained in the wiki.

From Geneva to the Mediterranean, the Rhône Valley is one of Europe's great transport corridors. River, railways and motorways share the same furrow, between the Alps, the Massif Central and the shores of the Mediterranean. The main challenge of this map is to connect major urban areas such as Lyon, Marseille, Geneva and Montpellier, and to move goods and passengers along the Rhône axis. The terrain is highly varied, from the delta plains to the Alpine foothills: linking the mountain towns and industries will take patience and a few major engineering works.

A realistic gigantomaniac-size map, shaped in great detail from high-precision real-world elevation, land-use, vegetation and hydrography data, where every mode of transport gets its moment.

20 × 41 km · 146 towns · 147 industries · temperate climate

A river like a long corridor through the heart of south-eastern France

Rising in the Swiss Alps, the Rhône flows through Lake Geneva, then Lyon, where it meets the Saône, and finally Provence before emptying into the Mediterranean through the Camargue delta. More than 500 km of its course lie in France, developed into a series of dams, locks and hydroelectric plants. Its many mountain tributaries make it one of Europe's most turbulent rivers.

The valley concentrates one of the country's main transport axes: the legendary Paris – Lyon – Mediterranean railway, the high-speed lines, the Autoroute du Soleil and river freight to the great port of Marseille-Fos. Add to this heavy, chemical and energy industries, as well as vast farmland: orchards, vineyards and the rice fields of the Camargue.

The map reproduces the terrain and layout of the territory from real data. Distances are compressed to fit the game's map size, but the arrangement of the towns, the river, its tributaries and the relief is respected.

Learn more: the Rhône on Wikipedia

Map features

• Size: 20 × 41 km (1:2 ratio), gigantomaniac size
• Terrain: high-precision Copernicus elevation data
• Towns: 146 towns, including Geneva, Lyon, Grenoble, Saint-Étienne, Avignon, Montpellier and Marseille
• Waterways: the Rhône and its main tributaries are navigable, from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean
• Industries: 147 industries covering every production chain in the game
• Climate: temperate
• Ideal for: rail and river freight, large intercity networks and complex industrial chains

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