Bossey (; ) is a commune in the

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 Gene ...

department in the

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in Eastern

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. Located on the Swiss border, it had a population of 1,031 as of 2018.

Personalities

Bossey is the birthplace of poet

Jean-Vincent Verdonnet Jean-Vincent Verdonnet (; 19 April 1923, Bossey Haute-Savoie – 16 September 2013, Vétraz-Monthoux) was a French poet, close to the . He received numerous literary prizes including *1985: the prix Guillaume Apollinaire *1995: the Prix Paul Ve ...

(1923–2013). Philosopher and political theorist

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Republic of Geneva, Genevan philosopher (''philosophes, philosophe''), writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment through ...

(1712–1778) lived in the village between 1722 and 1724.

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{{authority control Communes of Haute-Savoie

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