The Savoy Prealps () are a mountain range in the north-western part of the

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. They are located in

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(south-eastern

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) and, marginally, in

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(western

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). Savoy Prealps encompass northernmost area of the

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Geography

Administratively the French part of the range belongs to the

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Savoie Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population o ...

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and

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while the Swiss one is divided between the

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of Saint-Maurice and

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. The whole range is drained by the Rhone river.

Summits

The chief summits of the range are:

References

Maps

* French official cartography (''

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'' - IGN); on-line version
www.geoportail.fr
* Swiss official cartography ('' Swiss Federal Office of Topography'' - Swisstopo); on-line version
map.geo.admin.ch
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