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Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie () is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture is Annecy. To the north is Lake Geneva; to the south and southeast are Mont Blanc and the Aravis Range, Aravis mountain range. It holds its name from the Savoy historical region, as does the department of Savoie, located south of Haute-Savoie. In 2019, it had a population of 826,094.Populations légales 2019: 74 Haute-Savoie INSEE Its Subprefectures in France, subprefectures are Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Bonneville, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois and Thonon-les-Bains. The French entrance to the Mont Blanc Tunnel into Italy is in Haute-Savoie. It is noted for winter sports; the first Winter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Haute-Savoie Department
The following is a list of the 279 Communes of France, communes of the French Departments of France, department of Haute-Savoie. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):Périmètre des groupements en 2025 BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025. *Agglomeration community of Annemasse – Les Voirons, Annemasse - Les Voirons Agglomération *Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Annecy *CA Thonon Agglomération *Communauté de communes Arve et Salève *Communauté de communes Cluses-Arve et Montagnes *Communauté de communes Faucigny-Glières *Communauté de communes Fier et Usses *Communauté de communes du Genevois *Communauté de communes du Haut-Chablais *Communauté de communes des Montagnes du Giffre *Communauté de communes du Pays de Cruseilles *Commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martial Saddier
Martial Saddier (; born 15 October 1969) is a French politician who represented the 3rd constituency of the Haute-Savoie department in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2021. A member of The Republicans (LR), he left Parliament after he was elected President of the Departmental Council of Haute-Savoie, in which he has held a seat since 2021 for the canton of Bonneville. Political career He was elected as a deputy on June 16, 2002, for the XII legislature (2002–2007), representing the third constituency of Haute-Savoie, succeeding Michel Meylan. He was part of the UMP group. He was re-elected as a deputy on June 10, 2007, in the first round, with 54.78% of the votes. On June 17, 2012, he was re-elected as a deputy in the second round, obtaining 58.95% of the votes against EELV candidate Gilbert Saillet with 41.05%. On December 9, 2014, Nicolas Sarkozy, elected president of the UMP, appointed him as national secretary of the UMP in charge of industry and SMEs. He ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annecy
Annecy ( , ; , also ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, south of Geneva, Switzerland. Nicknamed the "Pearl of the French Alps" in Raoul Blanchard's monograph describing its location between lake and mountains, the town controls the northern entrance to the lake gorge. Due to a lack of available building land between the lake and the protected Semnoz mountain, its population has remained stable, around 50,000 inhabitants, since 1950. However, the 2017 merger with several ex-communes extended the population of the city to 128,199 inhabitants and that of the Urban unit, urban area to 177,622, placing Annecy seventh in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Switching from the County of Geneva, counts of Geneva's dwelling in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissements Of The Haute-Savoie Department
The four Arrondissements of France, arrondissements of the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department are: * Arrondissement of Annecy, (Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Savoie department: Annecy) with 77 Communes of France, communes. The population of the arrondissement was 293,040 in 2021. * Arrondissement of Bonneville, (Subprefectures in France, subprefecture: Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Bonneville) with 59 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 194,428 in 2021. * Arrondissement of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, (subprefecture: Saint-Julien-en-Genevois) with 73 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 196,943 in 2021. * Arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains, (subprefecture: Thonon-les-Bains) with 70 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 157,071 in 2021. History In 1860 the arrondissements of Annecy, Bonneville, Saint-Julien and Thonon were established. The arrondissement of Saint-Julien was disbanded in 1926, and restored in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco-Provençal
Franco-Provençal (also Francoprovençal, Patois or Arpitan) is a Gallo-Romance languages, Gallo-Romance language that originated and is spoken in eastern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy. Franco-Provençal has several distinct dialects and is separate from but closely related to neighbouring Romance languages, Romance dialects (the langues d'oïl and the Occitan language, langues d'oc, in France, as well as Rhaeto-Romance languages, Rhaeto-Romance in Switzerland and Italy). Even with all its distinct dialects counted together, the number of Franco-Provençal speakers has been declining significantly and steadily. According to UNESCO, Franco-Provençal was already in 1995 a "potentially endangered language" in Italy and an "endangered language" in Switzerland and France. ''Ethnologue'' classifies it as "nearly extinct". The designation ''Franco-Provençal'' (Franco-Provençal: ; ; ) dates to the 19th century. In the late 20th century, it was proposed that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the List of largest lakes of Europe, largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the Rhône. Sixty percent () of the lake belongs to Switzerland (the cantons of Vaud, Canton of Geneva, Geneva and Valais) and forty percent () to France (the department of Haute-Savoie). Name While the exact origins of the name are unknown, the name was in use during the time of Julius Caesar. comes from Ancient Greek () meaning "port's lake". In Medieval Latin it was known as , although this name was also used for Lausonius Lacus, a town or district on the lake, or ; the equivalent in Old French was . Following the rise of Geneva it became (translated into English as ''Lake Geneva''), but was the common name on all local maps and is the customary name in the French language. In contemporary English language, English, the name ''Lake Geneva'' has become predo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonneville, Haute-Savoie
Bonneville (; ) 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. Geography Bonneville is on the A40 autoroute, roughly halfway between Geneva and Chamonix. The urban centre is on the north bank of the Arve river, with urban development reaching to the foot of the mountains to both the north and south. Bonneville sits at the juncture between the Swiss Voralpen and the French Prealps. to the west, the Arve valley is a wide and fertile outwash plain, while to the east, it is a classical glacial valley. Climate Bonneville has a temperate oceanic climate(Köppen:''Cfb'') with precipitation evenly distributed throughout the year. Summers are warm with an average of 72.9 days with maximum temperature above and 22 days with maximum temperature above . Winters are cold and 89.3 days have minimum temperature below freezing. Temperatures below are possible from November to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passy, Haute-Savoie
Passy () is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban area of Sallanches. INSEE Located there is the Sancellemoz , where Marie Skłodowska-Curie died in 1934. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thonon-les-Bains
Thonon-les-Bains (; ), 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 Genève. It is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (, or simply ). History Thonon-les-Bains was the historic capital of Chablais, a province of the old Duchy of Savoy. The Chablais Savoyard is the portion of Chablais in France. Chablais Valaisan and Chablais Vaudois are those portions of Chablais in the adjacent Switzerland cantons Valais and Vaud.(cite: Chablais Wikipedia) The town was the capital of the Dukedom of Chablais. During the debates on the future of the Duchy of Savoy in 1860, the population was sensitive to the idea of a union of the northern part of the duchy with Switzerland. A petition circulated in this part of the country ( Chablais, Faucigny, Northern Genevois), but i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamonix
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (; ; (no longer in use)), more commonly known simply as Chamonix (), is a communes of France, commune in the departments of France, department in the regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics, held in 1924 Winter Olympics, 1924. Chamonix is situated in the French Alps just north of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe. Between the peaks of the and the notable , it borders both Switzerland and Italy. It is one of the oldest ski resorts in France, popular with alpinists and mountain enthusiasts. Via Vallée Blanche Cable Car, the cable car lift to the Aiguille du Midi it is possible to access the backcountry skiing, off-piste ski run of the ('white valley'). Name The name Campum munitum, meaning fortified plain or field, had been used as early as 1091. By 1283 the name had been abbreviated to a similar form to the modern Chamonis. Other forms through the ages include Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Saint-Julien-en-Genevois (; ) 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 15,509. Geography Saint-Julien-en-Genevois is located right on the Swiss border some southwest of the city centre of Geneva and forms part of its metropolitan area. The commune of Saint Julien-en-Genevois also consists of the following villages: Thairy, Crâche, Thérens, Norcier, Ternier, Lathoy. Population Economy In 2007, there were 4,491 jobs in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois and 5,401 active inhabitants. However, 46.1% of active inhabitants were working in neighbouring Switzerland. The unemployment rate stood at 10.6%, twice as high as in the neighbouring rural and residential communes. Culture Every Summer, a rock-oriented music festival called " Guitare en Scène" is held in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois. Twin town Saint-Julien-en-Genevois has been twinned with Mössingen, Germany, since 13 Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Houches
Les Houches (; Arpitan: ''Les Ouches'' or ''Les Oucies'') is an alpine commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. It is located just west of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, in the larger canton of Le Mont-Blanc. Overview Les Houches, located 6 kilometres from Chamonix, is a ski resort with a domain which extends from an altitude of 950 metres up to 1900 metres. Long descents through tree-lined slopes are combined with impressive views of the Mont Blanc massif and the Chamonix valley. Les Houches used to be twinned with the Russian village of Krasnaya Polyana (Sochi) and was chosen by the International Olympic Committee to assist in the organization of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Les Houches is the starting- and finishing-point of the popular Tour du Mont Blanc, a 7- to 10-day walk around the base of the Mont-Blanc Massif which takes in France, Italy, and Switzerland. Les Houches has four railway stations (, , , and ) on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
