Savoie (French pronunciation: ; Arpitan: Savouè d'Avâl or Savouè, Italian: Savoia, ; Scots: Savoy) is a French depairtment locatit in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (previously Rhône-Alpes) in the French Alps.
Savoie | |
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Prefectur biggin o the Savoie depairtment, in Chambéry | |
Location o Savoie in Fraunce | |
Coordinates: 45°35′N 6°20′E / 45.583°N 6.333°E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Prefectur | Chambéry |
Subprefecturs | Albertville Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
Govrenment | |
• Preses o the General Cooncil | Hervé Gaymard (UMP) |
Area | |
• Total | 6028 km2 (2,327 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 405,535 |
• Rank | 61st |
• Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Depairtment nummer | 73 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 37 |
Communes | 305 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuars, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger than 1 km2 |
Thegither wi the Haute-Savoie, Savoie is ane o the twa depairtments o the historic region o Savoy that wis annexed bi Fraunce on 14 Juin 1860, follaein the signatur o the Treaty o Turin on 24 Mairch 1860. For history afore 1860, details o the annexation, an modren regionalism, see Savoy.
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