Haute-Savoie
French depairtment
Haute-Savoie ([ot savwa] (
listen); Arpitan: Savouè d’Amont or Hiôta-Savouè; Scots: 'Upper Savoy'; German: Obersavoyen or Hochsavoyen; Italian: Alta Savoia) is a depairtment in the Rhône-Alpes region o eastren Fraunce, borderin baith Swisserland an Italy.
Upper Savoy Haute-Savoie | |
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 Prefectur biggin o the Haute-Savoie depairtment, in Annecy | |
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 Location o Haute-Savoie in Fraunce | |
| Coordinates: 46°00′N 06°20′E / 46.000°N 6.333°ECoordinates: 46°00′N 06°20′E / 46.000°N 6.333°E | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Prefectur | Annecy |
| Subprefecturs | Bonneville Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Thonon-les-Bains |
| Govrenment | |
| • Preses o the General Cooncil | Christian Monteil (DVD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4388 km2 (1,694 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1160 m (3,810 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 4810.40 m (15,782.15 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 756,501 |
| • Rank | 30t |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Depairtment nummer | 74 |
| Arrondissements | 4 |
| Cantons | 34 |
| Communes | 294 |
| ^1 French Laund Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2 ^2 Inventaire forestier départemental, IIIe inventaire 1998 | |