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 | |
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 |