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Haute-Savoie (pronounced [ot savwa] ⓘ) [a] is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is Annecy . To the north is Lake Geneva ; to the south and southeast are Mont Blanc and the Aravis mountain range .
When Savoy was annexed to France in 1860 with the Treaty of Turin, it became the capital of the new department of Haute-Savoie. Annecy was the site of the second round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks in 1949. In 2012, a multiple murder occurred in the Annecy area. [12]
Map of arrondissements of the Haute-Savoie department. The 4 arrondissements of the Haute-Savoie department are: [1] [2] [3] Arrondissement of Annecy, (prefecture of the Haute-Savoie department: Annecy) with 77 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 293,040 in 2021. Arrondissement of Bonneville, (subprefecture: Bonneville) with 59 ...
Thonon-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [tɔ.nɔ̃.lɛ.bɛ̃]; Arpitan: Tonon), often simply referred to as Thonon, is a subprefecture of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2018, the commune had a population of 35,241. Thonon-les-Bains is part of a transborder metropolitan area known as Grand ...
Annemasse (French pronunciation:; Arpitan: Anemâsse) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France.Even though it covers a relatively small territory (4.98 km 2 or 1.92 sq mi), it is Haute-Savoie's second most populous commune after the prefecture Annecy, with 36,250 residents as of 2018.
Thônes (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France, and is the ″capital″ of local cheeses Reblochon and Chevrotin.
Bonneville (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Arpitan: Bônavela) is a subprefecture of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2018, the commune had a population of 12,557.
Reignier-Esery (French pronunciation: [ʁɛɲe ezʁi]; before 2008: Reignier [3]) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It belongs to the cross-border agglomeration of the "Grand Genève".