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Haute-Savoie (pronounced [ot savwa] ⓘ) 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 .
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Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In...
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The Haute-Savoie is part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region....
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La Haute-Savoie (/ o t s a. v w a / [2]) est un département français faisant partie de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. L'Insee et la Poste lui attribuent le code 74. Les habitants de la Haute-Savoie sont les Hautes-Savoyardes et les Haut-Savoyards. Le département comprend le nord de la région historique de la Savoie. Sa préfecture est ...
Annecy (US: / ˌ æ n ə ˈ s iː, ɑː n ˈ s iː / AN-ə-SEE, ahn-SEE, French: ⓘ; Arpitan: Èneci or Ènneci) is the prefecture and largest town of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Geneva, Switzerland.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ( French pronunciation: [ʃamɔni mɔ̃ blɑ̃]; Arpitan: Chamôni-Mont-Blanc ), more commonly known simply as Chamonix ( Chamôni ), [a] [b] is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics, held in 1924 .
Elle correspond aujourd'hui au territoire des deux départements français de la Savoie et de la Haute-Savoie, au sein de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes . Le territoire et le terme dérivent en partie de la Sapaudia gallo-romaine, puis de la Saboia franque.
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