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Haute-Savoie (France)

LC control no.n 80149001
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Geographic headingHaute-Savoie (France)
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Geographic subdivision usageFrance--Haute-Savoie
Variant(s)Upper Savoy (France)
Savouè d'Amont (France)
Hiôta-Savouè (France)
Savoie, Haute- (France)
Département de la Haute-Savoie (France)
See alsoSavoy (Duchy)
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Beginning date1860
Associated countryFrance
Found inBGN, 5/27/81 (Département de la Haute-Savoie [Haute-Savoie=brief]; ADM1; 46°00ʹN, 6°20ʹE)
Wikipedia, Sept 11, 2014 (Haute-Savoie; Arpitan : Savouè d'Amont / Hiôta-Savouè; English: Upper Savoy); department in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its capital is Annecy. To the north is Lake Geneva and Switzerland; to the south and southeast are the Mont Blanc and Aravis mountain ranges. The French entrance to the Mont Blanc Tunnel to Italy is in Haute-Savoie. Before 1860, the territory occupied by modern Haute-Savoie and the adjoining department of Savoie was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia since the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Annexation of the region by France was formalized in the Treaty of Turin on March 24, 1860)
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