Haute-Savoie (Department, France)

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Administrative data

Code: 74
Region: Rhône-Alpes
Traditional province: Savoy (former Intendance of Annecy; Provinces of Chablais, Faucigny and Genevois)
Bordering departments: Ain, Savoie
Bordering countries: Italy (Region Aosta Valley), Switzerland (Cantons of Geneva and Valais)

Area: 4,388 km²
Population (2006): 696,255 inhabitants

Préfecture: Annecy
Sous-préfectures: Bonneville, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, Thonon-les-Bains
Subdivisions: 4 arrondissements, 34 cantons, 294 communes.

The department is named ("Upper Savoy") after the former Duchy of Savoy, incorporated to France in 1860.

Ivan Sache, 14 November 2009