Upper Savoy
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Upper Savoy Haute-Savoie |
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Prefecture building of the Haute-Savoie department, in Annecy
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 Location of Haute-Savoie in France |
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| Coordinates: 46°00′N 06°20′E / 46.000°N 6.333°ECoordinates: 46°00′N 06°20′E / 46.000°N 6.333°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Prefecture | Annecy | |
| Subprefectures |
Bonneville Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Thonon-les-Bains |
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| Government | ||
| • President of the General Council | Christian Monteil (DVD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 4,388 km2 (1,694 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,160 m (3,810 ft) | |
| Highest elevation | 4,810.40 m (15,782.15 ft) | |
| Lowest elevation | 250 m (820 ft) | |
| Population (2014) | ||
| • Total | 783,127 | |
| • Rank | 28th | |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Department number | 74 | |
| Arrondissements | 4 | |
| Cantons | 17 | |
| Communes | 281 | |
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^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 ^2 Inventaire forestier départemental, IIIe inventaire 1998 |
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Haute-Savoie ([otˌsaˈvwa]; Arpitan: Savouè d’Amont or Hiôta-Savouè; English: Upper Savoy; German: Obersavoyen or Hochsavoyen; Italian: Alta Savoia) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its capital is Annecy. To the north is Lake Geneva and Switzerland; to the south and southeast are the Mont Blanc and Aravis mountain ranges. The French entrance to the Mont Blanc Tunnel to Italy is in Haute-Savoie. It is noted for winter sports; the first Winter Olympic Games were held at Chamonix in 1924.
Before 1860, the territory occupied by modern Haute-Savoie and the adjoining department of Savoie had been part of the Kingdom of Sardinia since the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Annexation of the region by France was formalized in the Treaty of Turin on March 24, 1860.
From November 1942 to September 1943, Haute-Savoie was subjected to military occupation by Fascist Italy. The Maquis des Glières (a band of Free French Resistance fighters who opposed the Nazi, Vichy and Milice regimes during World War II) operated from Haute-Savoie.
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