Chambery
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Chambéry
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| Coordinates: 45°34′12″N 5°54′42″E / 45.57°N 5.9118°ECoordinates: 45°34′12″N 5°54′42″E / 45.57°N 5.9118°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Savoie | |
| Intercommunality | Chambéry Métropole | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Michel Dantin (UMP) | |
| Area1 | 20.99 km2 (8.10 sq mi) | |
| Population (January 2014)2 | 59,490 | |
| • Rank | 88th in France | |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC +1) (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 73065 / 73000 | |
| Elevation | 245–560 m (804–1,837 ft) (avg. 270 m or 890 ft) |
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| Website | www |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Chambéry (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃.be.ʁi]; Arpitan: Chambèri, Italian: Sciamberì) is a city in the department of Savoie, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
It is the capital of the department and has been the historical capital of the Savoy region since the 13th century, when Amadeus V, Count of Savoy, made the city his seat of power.
Together with other Alpine towns Chambéry engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. Chambéry was awarded Alpine Town of the Year 2006.
Chambéry was founded at a crossroads of ancient routes through the Dauphiné (Dôfenâ), Burgundy, Switzerland, and Italy, in a wide valley between the Bauges and the Chartreuse Mountains on the Leysse River. The metropolitan area has more than 125,000 residents, extending from the vineyard slopes of the Combe de Savoie almost to the shores of the Lac du Bourget, the largest natural lake in France. The city is a major railway hub, at the midpoint of the Franco-Italian Turin–Lyon high-speed railway.
Chambéry is situated in southeast France, 523 kilometres (325 miles) from Paris, 326 kilometres (203 miles) from Marseille, 214 km (133 mi) from Turin, 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Lyon and 85 kilometres (53 miles) from Geneva. It is found in a large valley, surrounded by the Massif des Bauges to the east (dominated by Le Nivolet, upon which La Croix du Nivolet is found), Mont Granier (Chartreuse) and the Chaîne de Belledonne to the south, the Chaîne de l'Épine (the most southern mountain of the Jura) to the west and the Lac du Bourget to the north.
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