Savoie
Savoie | |
|---|---|
 Prefectur biggin o the Savoie depairtment, in Chambéry | |
 Coat airms | |
 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 | |
Savoie (French pronunciation: [savwa]; Arpitan: Savouè d'Avâl or Savouè, Italian: Savoia, [saˈvɔja]; Scots: Savoy) is a French depairtment locatit in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (previously Rhône-Alpes) in the French Alps.
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.
Freemit airtins
- (in French) General Cooncil wabsteid Archived 2011-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
- (in French) Prefectur wabsteid