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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 (regions of Valle d'Aosta), Switzerland (cantons of Geneva and Valais)

Area: 4,388 km2
Population (1995): 617,300 inhabitants

Préfecture: Annecy
Sous-préfectures: Bonneville, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, Thonon-les-Bains
Subdivisions: 4 arrondissements, 33 cantons, 290 communes.

The department (lit., Upper Savoy) is named after the former Duchy of Savoy (Savoie).