Haute-Savoie

Haute-Savoie Savouè d'Amont (Arpitan)
Department
From top down, left to right: Aiguille du Midi, Lac Vert in Passy, prefecture building in Annecy, a view of Les Houches, Thonon-les-Bains, landscape near Chamonix
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Location of Haute-Savoie in France
Coordinates: 46°00′N 06°20′E / 46.000°N 6.333°E / 46.000; 6.333
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Prefecture	Annecy
Subprefectures	Bonneville Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Thonon-les-Bains
Government
• President of the Departmental Council	Martial Saddier (LR)[1]
Area 1
• Total	4,388 km2 (1,694 sq mi)
Elevation 2	1,160 m (3,810 ft)
Highest elevation	4,810.40 m (15,782.15 ft)
Lowest elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	841,482
• Rank	27th
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	FR-74
Department number	74
Arrondissements	4
Cantons	17
Communes	279
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 ^2 Inventaire forestier départemental, IIIe inventaire 1998

Haute-Savoie (pronounced [ot savwa] ^ⓘ)^[a] is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is Annecy. To the north is Lake Geneva; to the south and southeast are Mont Blanc and the Aravis mountain range.

It holds its name from the Savoy historical region, as does the department of Savoie, located south of Haute-Savoie. In 2019, it had a population of 826,094.^[3] Its subprefectures are Bonneville, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois and Thonon-les-Bains. The French entrance to the Mont Blanc Tunnel into Italy is in Haute-Savoie. It is noted for winter sports; the first Winter Olympic Games were held at Chamonix in 1924.

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