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| Coat of arms of the Haute-Savoie department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 74 |
| Region: | Rhône-Alpes |
| Prefecture: | Annecy |
| Subprefectures: | Bonneville Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Thonon-les-Bains |
| Arrondissements: | 4 |
| Cantons: | 34 |
| Communes: | 294 |
| President of the General Council: | Ernest Nycollin UMP |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 33rd |
| -1999 | 631,679 |
| Population density: | 144/km² |
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| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
Haute-Savoie (English: "Upper Savoy") is a French department, named for its location in the Alps mountain range.
Haute-Savoie is one of two departments of the region of Savoy that was annexed by France on March 24, 1860, the other being Savoie. For its history prior to 1860, and details of the annexation and reasons for the current separatist movement in the two departments, see Savoy.
Mont Blanc and Lake Annecy are located in Haute-Savoie. To the North, Haute-Savoie borders on Switzerland, with Geneva as the closest major town, and Lake Geneva. The town of Évian-les-Bains is the most famous town on the French shore of Lake Geneva, well-known around the world for its mineral water Evian. To the east, Haute-Savoie borders Italy and to the west the department of Ain. Some of the world's most well-known ski resorts are located there. For Instance Chamonix is a city where ski and Mountaineering are at the heart of the economic activity, thanks to the Mont-Blanc (Europe's highest mountain, 4808 meters).
Overseas departments: Guadeloupe • Martinique • French Guiana • Réunion
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