Savoy

Savoy Savouè (Arpitan) Savoie (French) Savoia (Italian)
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Le Chant des Allobroges The Song of the Allobroges
Capital	Chambéry
Largest city	Annecy
Common languages	Franco-provençal (Savoyard dialect) French
Demonym(s)	Savoyard (in common use nowadays)[1] Savoisian (used before annexation) Savoyan (historic; nowadays obsolete)
Legislature	Sovereign Senate of Savoy (dissolved in 1860)
Establishment
• Foundation of County	1003
• Promotion to Duchy by Emperor Sigismund	February 19, 1416
• Annexation by France	June 14, 1860
Area
• Total	10,416 km2 (4,022 sq mi)
Population
• 2020 census	1,274,956
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Driving side	right
Calling code	33

Savoy (/səˈvɔɪ/;^[2] Arpitan: Savouè [saˈvwɛ]; French: Savoie [savwa] ^ⓘ; Italian: Savoia) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps. Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south and west and to the Aosta Valley in the east.

Savoy emerged as the feudal County of Savoy ruled by the House of Savoy during the 11th to 14th centuries.^[3] The original territory, also known as "ducal Savoy" or "Savoy proper", is largely co-terminous with the modern French Savoie and Haute-Savoie départements, but the historical expansion of Savoyard territories, as the Duchy of Savoy (1416–1860) included parts of what is now western Italy and southwestern Switzerland. The current border between France and Italy is due to the Plombières Agreement of 1858, which in preparation for the unification of Italy ceded western Savoy to France, while the eastern territories in Piedmont and Liguria were retained by the House of Savoy, which was to become the ruling dynasty of Italy.