Levionnay
| Lévionnay (Astrasian Confederation) | ||||
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| Motto: "Lévionnay, terre de possibles" Lévionnay, land of possible | ||||
| Capital | Léviant | |||
| Largest city | Léviant | |||
| Official languages | Valonian | |||
| • National languages | Valonian | |||
| Demonym | Lévionnais, Lévionnaise | |||
| Government | Bicameral parliament and government invested by a directly-elected President | |||
| • Président de Lévionnay | Paul Frecciapatrie (since 2011/09/22) | |||
| • Présidente de l'Assemblée Provinciale de Lévionnay | Hélène Loise | |||
| • Représentant général de la Confédération en Lévionnay | François Louiniont | |||
| • Président de la Confédération Astrasienne (indirectly Head of State) | Paul Frecciapatrie (since 2023/01/01) | |||
| Legislature | XXV | |||
| Area | ||||
| • Total | 65405.87 km2 25253.35 sq mi | |||
| • Water (%) | ~0.29% | |||
| Population | ||||
| • Estimate (2022) | 29.4 M | |||
| Timezone | WUT+9 | |||
| Drives on the | right | |||
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Lévionnay is one of the provinces that make up the Astrasian Confederation (Frenquese : Confédération astrasienne).Of intermediate size, it constitutes an important seafront, due to the many bays and river estuaries ideally located in the open sea of the Lilianes.
Geography
Location
The most of the province is located on the coast, excepted one of the four départements, which is located totally in the hinterland. It is bordered to the east and north by the province of Sainte-Agnès, to the northwest by Onatino and to the west by the Ardencian province of St-Raphael.
Topography
There is three main moutains in the province : a part of the Collines des Saggamanches, traveling the whole province, the Massif de Plantemorgue, Hotago and Caran, on the coast, and finally a part of the Massif du Chanceux, going to the city of St-Jean-de-Chance (Sainte-Agnès).
Population
There are two mains urban area in Lévionnay, concentrating the most of the people : the Région de Balanque, including Léviant and Phirmont urban areas, which has a special status and which is the biggest urban area of the Astrasian Confederation, and the Métropole Côtière de Chamarande-Jacobville, going from St-Rigaud near to Sainte-Agnès province to Jacobville. Two other cities have demographic, economic, cultural and political importance but have more restricted urban areas: Bury-sur-Mer and Saint-Hubert.
Political administration
Provincial Assembly
Lévionnay, as an Astrasian-member state, have a parlementary assembly. It is composed of 350 members named "Conseillers provinciaux" elected directly for six years. This assembly is charged to vote the budget of the province, and also to confirm the election of the provincial President (Valonian : Président provincial de Lévionnay). Current President of the Provincial Assembly is Hélène Loise.
President of Lévionnay
The President of Lévionnay is elected directly each seven years by all the people directly, and confirmed by the Provincial Assembly. He is the head of the provincial government, and he guarantees the independance of the province as well as the satisfaction of its confederational engagments.
Paul Frecciapatrie was elected for the first time in September 2011, and was re-elected in September 2018 with with 48.53% of the votes cast in the first round and 82.28% in the second round. In November 2022 he was elected also as President of the Astrasian confederation, making him indirectly head of State of Lévionnay (and of all the provinces of the confederation). He began his term on January 1st, 2023.
Départements & Région de Balanque
The province is composed of four départements, which are minor divisions. The unique role of these departments is the maintenance of the secondary road network, as well as the distribution of social allowances. The government also names "Préfets", who are in charge during great events or natural, industrial or crisis situations.
The area around Léviant, the capital of the Province, isn't member of any of the four Départements. A special local collectivity, the Région de Balanque, was created to administrate all the urban area. It has a special parliamentary council, charged to coordonate the development of the urban area around the Détroit de Balanque including Léviant.
Principauty of Paran (Valonian : Principauté de Paran, special status for Paran island)
Historically, the Paran Island wasn't a part of the Province and had an Defense and cooperation agreement with the Astrasian confederation. The principauty was governed by the Princes de Paran dynasty since 1023 AD.
In 1982, the Island organised a referendum to decide on the integration of the Island into the Province of Lévionnay. 11% of citizens vote against, 6% yes with full integration into the Balanque Region created a year earlier and 83% yes with preservation of partial autonomy and maintenance of the prince. The integration took effect on January 1st, 1984. Since then, the Balanque Region has carried out development work and maintenance of the road network on the Island as in the rest of the Region, but the Council of the Island Canton is the only one competent to decide on planning policy, cultural policy or even economic policy insofar as they meet the common criteria imposed on all the communities of the Région de Balanque.
The Prince is legally the head of the Island's government, which is the executive part of the Council of the Island Canton. He traditionnally lives in the Palais des Princes on the heights of the city, and goes every day to the palace of the government (Valonian : Palais du Gouvernement Général de Paran) to preside the Council of Ministers. At least one time a week, he presides over a parade and reviews the troops of the Confederation stationed on the island, either on a base, or more often in the national monument of Paran located opposite the General Government.
The current Prince de Paran is Antoine-Charles IV de Paran, since 2018. He still live in the Palais des Princes in the city of Paran, and presides all the Conseils du canton insulaire.
Infrastructures
Transports
Railroads
The Province has a well-developed railroad network, with mainly two networks interconnected : the classical network, up to 220 kph, and the high-speed network composed of seven high-speed lines limited to 320 or 350 kph. Various options are offered to the users of the Network :
- "TGV" services, interconnecting greats cities. Tickets are costing from 15 As$ to 140 As$, depending of the period and of the distance. Stations are alternatively historical stations into the towns and cities, and new "TGV stations" arround them.
- "Intercités" services, interconnecting cities, towns and villages by quite long distances. Cost of the tickets are fixed, but depend of the distance.
- Local services :
- SUFEB (Valonian : Service urbain ferroviaire de la Région de Balanque) : 7 lines (A to G) in the Région de Balanque which are in the middle between train and subway, and the X line which is an express line up to 260 kph, all totally integrated in the urban network of public transport.
- Métro ferroviaire de la Métropole côtière de Chamarande-Jacobville, going from St-Rigaud to Jacobville by Chamarand on the cost to desserv all the suburbs. This line is partially integrated to public transport networks of Chamarande, Jacobville and St-Rigaud.
- Lignes départementales de service public : local lines on classical network, which are payed partially by departments. They are very economical, but comfortable and mostly fastest than car.
Roads
The Route de la Confédération (N1) passes through the Province, mostly on the coast excepted in the west of Léviant. The A1 highway also pass through the province, without desserving great urban areas.
The province invested for a complete network of highways, all controlled by tolls and organised by the Compagnie Lévionnaise des Autoroutes. They are completed by trunk roads, which are totally free. Some major axes in the Province have both, for example between Léviant and Bury where there are the N1-Confederation Road and the new A28-Highway between Conque and the Bury deviation. Highways and trunk roads are both decided by the Province, excepted in the Région de Balanque where the local authority can decide of every project.
The complementary network is composed of primary roads, names D-number (or B-number in the Région de Balanque), and secondary roads both controlled by departments. Tertiary and minor roads are controlled by departments or by municipalities.
Urban networks
Départements and Paran
Saint-Hubert has a two lines of subway, called "Ligne A" and "Ligne B".
Paran, Bury-sur-Mer, Chamarande and St-Rigaud have tramway networks.
All of those networks are completed by buses, and are owned by cities and metropolises but are operated by private operators.
Région de Balanque (except Paran Principauty)
Public transport (except long distance, managed by Lévionnay-Rail) is owned by the Région de Balanque. Région de Balanque Mobilités is the transport organizing authority, and operates the lines in two ways: direct management, and delegation of public service to private operators. All transport is accessible either by unlimited monthly or annual subscription, or with the RBM Pass which records the entries and exits of users on the network and charges accordingly. For example, a use of the metro costs 1.50As$.
The main networks constituting the transport offer are:
| Name | Scope | Type | Underground | Description | Operator | Lines | Length |
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| SUFEB (Valonian : Service urbain ferroviaire de la Région de Balanque) | Région de Balanque | Railway | Partially (In the center of Léviant) | Serving the urban area, by taking over the suburban train networks supplemented by new tunnels in the center of Léviant which constitute an express metro. | Lévionnay-Rail | ⒶⒷⒸⒹⒺ | 849.68 km |
| SUFEB X (Valonian : ligne X du SUFEB) | Région de Balanque | High speed railway (up to 260 kph) | - | High speed line between St-Georges railway station in the center of Léviant and the main airport of Lévionnay, Balanque - St-Louis. | Lévionnay-Rail | Ⓧ | 79.89 km |
| Ⓜ Métro de Léviant | Leviant and the inner suburbs (+ Varietton for ①) | Subway | Mostly, with viaduct sections | Subway of the center of Léviant | Directly operated | ①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧
⑨⑩⑪⑫⑬⑭⑮⑯ |
269.36 km |
| Ⓝ Navette ceinture | Leviant and the inner suburbs | Mixed metro-tram-train | No | Passenger service on the Léviant small railway belt. | Lévionnay-Rail | Ⓝ | 40.66 km |
| Ⓜ Métro de Versauvage à Pignizy | Presqu'Île de Varietton (Sainte-Marie, Saint-Michel, Les Aires, Varietton, Pignizy) | Subway | Mostly | Network distinct from the Léviant network. It should be noted that line 1 of the Léviant metro nevertheless reaches Varietton. | Société pour le métro des Aires | - | - |
| Ⓜ Métro de Sud-Balanque | Technologis-Antipolis, Le-Berry-de-Baie, Thorens, Opit-l'Isthme, St-Cassien | Subway | Mostly (North and center) / No (South) | Network distinct from the Léviant network. | Directly operated (North) / Régie municipale du métro de Thorens (South) | - | - |
| ⓐⓡⓒ Arcline de Conque | Conque | Tramway | No | Circular line arround Conque | City of Conque | ⓵⓶⓷ | 12 km |
| Ⓣ Tramways de la Région de Balanque | Région de Balanque | Tramway | No | Preferred mode of transport for fine service to the urban area outside Léviant. | Directly operated | ①② | 30.5 km |
| 🛥 Navettes fluviales de la Région de Balanque | Léviant and the Ghache valley | Boat | - | River shuttle on the Gabardine river of the north of the Region to the Léviant-Ramset station | Société de transport fluvial de Bury | ① | 16.69 km |
| Ⓑ Bus de Léviant | Léviant and the inner suburbs | Buses and trolleybuses | No | - | Directly operated | 350+ | |
| Ⓑ Bus de Phirmont | Phirmont and the valley to Valigny | Buses | No | - | Autocars de Phirmont | 87 | |
| Ⓑ St-Louis Busnet | The coast between Phirmont and the St-Louis Airport | Buses | No | - | Autocars de Phirmont and Régie des bus de Chamarande | 18 | |
| Ⓑ Réseaux de bus locaux | Others localities | Buses and trolleybuses | No | - | - | - | - |
Here is the detail of the main lines of subway and SUFEB :
| Line | Network | Operator | Length | From | To | Stations | Average distance between stations | Trains | Max/average speed | Driving system | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ⓐ | SUFEB | Lévionnay-Rail | 179.94 km | Tricastille / Isly-Nord-Balanque | Pignizy-Aéroport / Pentyl | - | - | Double-deck trains of 110 or 220 metres | 120/- kph | Automatic (central tunnel)
Assisted | |
| Ⓑ | SUFEB | Lévionnay-Rail | 178.49 | Grandchamps / Route des Massifs | Conque Station-Nord / Caranville | - | - | Double-deck trains of 110 or 220 metres | 120/- kph | Automatic (central tunnel)
Assisted | |
| Ⓒ | SUFEB | Lévionnay-Rail | 157.79 km | Tricastille / Le-Villiers-de-Marais | Pignizy-Aéroport | - | - | Double-deck trains from 90 to 220m | 140/- kph | Assisted (excepted the Tricastille branch)
Manual (from Vigniencourt to Tricastille) | |
| Ⓜ② | Ⓜ Métro de Léviant | Directly Région de Balanque Mobilités | 23.48 km | Docks des Marais | Château de St-Germain | 41 | 573 m | 100m pneumatic metro limited to 70 kph | 40/27 kph | Assisted | |
| Ⓜ⑥ | Ⓜ Métro de Léviant | Directly Région de Balanque Mobilités | 17.53 km | Gare St-Just | St-Bernard - Quatre-Chemins | 24 | 730 m | 126m traditionnal metro limited to 100 kph | 80/37 kph | Assisted |
Energy
| Ref | Name | Location | Energy | Units | Installed power | Forecast power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILFIS1 to MILFIS6 | Centrale nucléaire de Milneuf (ingerish : conventional nuclear plant of Milneuf) | Complexe nucléaire de Milneuf, Milneuf, Plantemorgue, Lévionnay | Nuclear (fission) |
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8610 MW | 8610 MW |
| SUPERMILFUSION | Réacteur SuperMilneuf-Fusion (ingerish : SuperMilneuf fusion nuclear reactor) | Complexe nucléaire de Milneuf, Milneuf, Plantemorgue, Lévionnay | Nuclear (fusion) |
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2156 MW | 2156 MW |
| STCA1 to STCA6 | Centrale nucléaire de St-Christian A (ingerish : conventional nuclear plant of St-Christian - Part A) | Site nucléaire de St-Christian, St-Christian, Région de Balanque, Lévionnay | Nuclear (fission) |
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8610 MW | 8610 MW |
| STCB1 to STCB4 | Centrale nucléaire de St-Christian B (ingerish : conventional nuclear plant of St-Christian - Part B) | Site nucléaire de St-Christian, St-Christian, Région de Balanque, Lévionnay | Nuclear (fission, fast neutron and sodium surgenerator reactors) |
|
7300 MW | 7300 MW |
| SPA1 to SPA6 and SPB1 to SPB4 | Centrale nucléaire conventionnelle de Saint-Pierre A et B (ingerish : conventional nuclear plant of St-Pierre- Part A/B) | Complexe nucléaire de St-Pierre, Saggamanches Occidentales, Lévionnay | Nuclear (fission) |
|
15210 MW | 15210 MW |
| SPC1 to SPC4 | Centrale nucléaire à surgénération de Saint-Pierre C (ingerish : surgenerating nuclear plant of St-Pierre- Part C) | Complexe nucléaire de St-Pierre, Saggamanches Occidentales, Lévionnay | Nuclear (fission, fast neutron and sodium surgenerator reactors) |
|
7300 MW | 7300 MW |
| SUPERSPFUSION-1 to SUPERSPFUSION-3 (in construction) | Centrale nucléaire à fusion - Projet SUPER SP | Complexe nucléaire de St-Pierre (Secteur SuperSP), Saggamanches Occidentales, Lévionnay | Nuclear (fusion) |
|
- | 6750 MW |
| HOTAG1 to HOTAG6 | Centrale nucléaire de l'Hotago (ingerish : conventional nuclear plant of Hotago River) | Site nucléaire de l'Hotago, Marcellin-du-Fleuve, Hotago, Lévionnay | Nuclear (fission) |
|
8610 MW | 8610 MW |
| PENTYL1 TO PENTYL8 | Centrale nucléaire de Pentyl (ingerish : conventional nuclear plant of Pentyl) | Site nucléaire de Pentyl, Pentyl, Hotago, Lévionnay | Nuclear (fission) |
|
11480 MW | 11480 MW |
| HOTAGSOL | Centrale photovoltaïque de l'Hotago | Site nucléaire de l'Hotago, Marcellin-du-Fleuve, Hotago, Lévionnay | Solar (photovoltaïc) |
|
95 MW | 95 MW |
| LSAHYDRO | Centrale hydroélectrique de Lieusant | Zone industrialo-portuaire de Chamarande-Lieusant | Hydroelectric (run the river) |
|
115 MW | 115 MW |
| LSATHERMGAZ1 and 2 / LSATHERDECH | Centrale thermique de Lieusant | Zone industrialo-portuaire de Chamarande-Lieusant | Gas (+waste) |
|
315 MW | 315 MW |
| GCHPL | Barrage de la Sainte-Marie | GCH de Plantemorgue-Lévionnay | Hydroelectric (water storage) |
|
800 MW | 800 MW |
| TNSHYDRO | Barrage de Tain-sur-Saon | CH de Blanchonnaise-Lévionnay (site de Taon) | Hydroelectric (water storage) |
|
480 MW | 480 MW |
| DMBHYDRO | Barrage de la Dame-Blanche | CH de Blanchonnaise-Lévionnay (site de la Dame-Blanche) | Hydroelectric (water storage) |
|
640 MW | 640 MW |
| VELHYDRO | Barrage de Vélissieux | CH de Vélissieux, Vélissieux, Saggamanches orientales, Lévionnay | Hydroelectric (water storage) |
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320 MW | 320 MW |
| RMJHYDRO | Centrale hydroélectrique de Romanèche | Centrale hydroélectrique de Romanèche, Romanèche-sur-Joncque, Canton insulaire de Paran, Région de Balanque, Lévionnay | Hydroelectric (run the river) |
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98 MW | 98 MW |
| SMATHERMGAZ1 and 2 / SMADECH 1 and 2 | Centrale thermique de St-Marin - Métropole Grand-Bury | Base électrique de St-Marin | Gas (+waste) |
|
274 MW | 274 MW |
| TOTAL | - | - | - | 84 operational units + 3 opening soon | 72.4 GW | 79.4 |
Economy
The province of Lévionnay, which is of medium size and has a relatively large population of around 30M inhabitants, has a certain number of industries and infrastructures which give it weight on the scale of the Confederation but also from the continent thanks to its links with the Astrasian Federation and with the north of the Confederation.
Harbours
Currently, Lévionnay have a significant harbour with oil/gas and container terminals in Chamarande, the PINC (Valonian : "Port d'Intérêt National de Chamarande"), operated by the CL2P - Compagnie Lévionnaise des Ports de Plantemorgue which is a public company administrated by the province.
The PINL (Valonian : "Port d'intérêt national de Léviant"), located near Léviant in the Région de Balanque, is also significative, especially thanks to its proximity to the Aéroport International de Léviant St-Louis and to the region’s cutting-edge industries
Power plants
From more than three decades, local government of Lévionnay province decided to develop a energetic policy in order to become an important productor of energy in the Astrasian Confederation. In this context, several nuclear power plants have been built, including that of Milneuf (department of Plantemorgue) which hosts six nuclear fission reactors but also the first nuclear fusion reactor connected to the electricity network resulting from a collaboration between many provinces and States, Super Milneuf Fusion. The Province also invested in surgenerating power plants, in order to reuse waste from other reactors to produce electricity instead of forming long-lived waste.
Although nuclear power already produces more electricity than the province requires, thus making it possible to export to other provinces, Lévionnay has also built large hydroelectric dams, particularly in the Massif de Plantemorgue, as well as a few additional gas plants. Electricity production is therefore diversified, controllable and carbon-free, the result of a long-term project led by the provincial government.
Industry of excellence
Thanks to the links between universities, research centers and companies, Lévionnay and especially the Région de Balanque and the department of Saggamanches occidentales lauched campus and developped a world-recognized industry in high-tech, nuclear technologies, medical technologies, civil engineering and military tools.
Attracting new industries and workers
The provincial government want to attract in the province new companies, industries and workers to develop the economy. For this, the province has many advantages such as inexpensive energy, developed transport infrastructures, to which are added tax advantages and aid for new businesses. The province is also relying on communication throughout the Ardennes federation, with the aim of making the opportunities offered known. Major communication campaigns are thus launched throughout the country, with the logo and the slogan of the province.