Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie consists of the small nook of France, bordering Switzerland, across Lake Geneva to the north, and Italy to the east. It is a department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Lake Annecy…Photo: Camster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Popular Destinations
Chamonix
Chamonix is a resort in the Haute-Savoie region of France, bordering Italy, at the foot of Mont Blanc.Annecy
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Annecy, in the north of the French Alps, is called "the Venice of Savoie" — a well-deserved title.
Annemasse
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Annemasse is a city in the Haute-Savoie region of France, directly across the border from Geneva, Switzerland.
Destinations
Evian
Évian-les-Bains, or simply Évian, is a commune in Eastern France, by the border with Switzerland.Morzine
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Morzine is a traditional French alpine village of almost 3,000 inhabitants in Portes du Soleil, 90 km from Geneva international airport in Switzerland.
La Clusaz
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La Clusaz is a town in the French Alps. Together with the neighboring town of Grand Bornand, La Clusaz forms the center of the Aravis ski area.
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
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Saint-Gervais-les-Bains is an Alpine resort in the Haute-Savoie department of south-eastern France.
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
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Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is classified amongst the "Most Beautiful Villages of France" with regard to its rich 9-century-old architecture.
Chatel
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Chatel is in the Haute Savoie region of France. Chatel is a picturesque ski resort at the heart of the giant Portes du Soleil region of France and Switzerland.
Les Gets
Les Gets is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.Samoëns
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Samoëns pronounced is a commune of the Haute-Savoie département in France.
Morillon
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Morillon is a small mountain commune in the Haute Savoie department of the French Alps.
Menthon St. Bernard
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Menthon-Saint-Bernard, commonly referred to simply as Menthon, is a commune on the eastern shore of Lake Annecy in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
Flaine
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Flaine is in Le Grand Massif ski area in the Haute Savoie department, in the Rhône-Alpes of Southeastern France.
Haute-Savoie
- Type: department of France with 817,000 residents
- Description: French department
- Neighbors: Aosta Valley, Savoie, Valais and Vaud
- Location: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude of centre
46.0614° or 46° 3' 41" northLongitude of centre
6.4537° or 6° 27' 14" eastPopulation
817,000Elevation
494 metres (1,621 feet)GeoNames ID
3013736Wikidata ID
Q12751Haute-Savoie Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Haute-Savoie
- Albanian: Haute-Savoie
- Arabic: Haute-Savoie
- Arabic: سافوا العليا
- Aragonese: Alta Saboya
- Aragonese: Alta Savoya
- Armenian: Վերին Սավոյ
- Arpitan: Savouè-d’Amont
- Arpitan: Savouè d’Amont
- Asturian: Alta Saboya
- Azerbaijani: Yuxarı Savoyya
- Basque: Savoia Garaia
- Belarusian: Верхняя Савоя
- Belarusian: дэпартамент Верхняя Савоя
- Bengali: হাঊত সেভুয়ে
- Breton: Savoia-Uhel
- Bulgarian: От Савоа
- Catalan: Alta Savoia
- Cebuano: Haute-Savoie
- Chechen: Лакха Севваь
- Chinese: Haute-Savoie
- Chinese: 上萨瓦省
- Chinese: 上薩瓦省
- Chinese: 上薩華
- Chuvash: Тури Савойя
- Croatian: Haute-Savoie
- Czech: Haute-Savoie
- Czech: Horní Savojsko
- Danish: Haute-Savoie
- Dimli (individual language): Haute-Savoie
- Dutch: Haute-Savoie
- English: Upper Savoy
- Esperanto: Alta Savojo
- Esperanto: Haute-Savoie
- Estonian: Haute-Savoie departemang
- Finnish: Haute-Savoie
- French: 74
- French: Département de la Haute-Vienne
- French: Haute-Savoie
- Galician: Alta Savoia
- Georgian: ზემო სავოია
- German: Département Haute-Savoie
- German: FR-74
- German: Haute-Savoie
- German: Hochsavoyen
- German: Obersavoyen
- Greek: Άνω Σαβοΐα
- Gujarati: હૌટ-સેવોઇ
- Hakka Chinese: Sông Savoie-sén
- Hausa: Sông Savoie-sén
- Hebrew: סבואה עילית
- Hindi: ओट-सेवॉइ
- Hungarian: Haute-Savoie
- Indonesian: Haute-Savoie
- Interlingua: Departimento Haute-Savoie
- Irish: Haute-Savoie
- Italian: Alta Savoia
- Japanese: オート=サヴォワ県
- Kannada: ಹೌಟೆ-ಸವೊಯಿ
- Kazakh: Жоғарғы Савойя
- Kongo: Haute-Savoie
- Korean: 오트사부아주
- Ladin: Haute-Savoie
- Ladino: Haute-Savoie
- Latin: Sabaudia Superior
- Latin: Sabaudia superior
- Latvian: Augšsavoja
- Limburgan: Haute-Savoie
- Lithuanian: Aukštutinė Savoja
- Lombard: Haute-Savoie
- Low German: Haute-Savoie
- Luxembourgish: Departement Haute-Savoie
- Macedonian: Горна Савоја
- Malay: Haute-Savoie
- Marathi: ऑत-साव्वा
- Min Nan Chinese: Haute-Savoie
- Northern Frisian: Haute-Savoie
- Northern Sami: Haute-Savoie
- Norwegian: Haute-Savoie
- Norwegian Bokmål: Haute-Savoie
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Haute-Savoie
- Occitan (post 1500): Nauta Savòia
- Ossetian: Уæллаг Савойя
- Pampanga: Haute-Savoie
- Persian: اوت-ساووآ
- Persian: اوت سووآ
- Piemontese: Dipartiment ëd l'Àuta Savòja
- Piemontese: Àuta Savòja
- Polish: Górna Sabaudia
- Polish: Haute-Savoie
- Portuguese: Alta Saboia
- Portuguese: Alta Sabóia
- Romanian: Haute-Savoie
- Romanian: departamentul Haute-Savoie
- Russian: Верхняя Савойя
- Scots: Haute-Savoie
- Scottish Gaelic: Haute-Savoie
- Serbian: Горња Савоја
- Serbo-Croatian: Haute-Savoie
- Sicilian: Àuta Savoia
- Sinhala: හෞටේ -සැවෝයි
- Slovak: Haute-Savoie
- Slovak: Horné Savojsko
- Slovenian: Haute-Savoie
- Slovenian: Visoka Savoja
- Spanish: Alta Saboya
- Spanish: Alta Savoya
- Swahili: Haute-Savoie
- Swedish: Haute-Savoie
- Swiss German: Haute-Savoie
- Tajik: Департаменти Савойя Верхняя
- Tajik: Департаменти Савойяи Боло
- Tamil: ஹூட்-சாவையே
- Telugu: హాట్-సావోయ్
- Thai: จังหวัดโอต-ซาวัว
- Tosk Albanian: Département Haute-Savoie
- Turkish: Haute-Savoie
- Ukrainian: Верхня Савоя
- Urdu: بالائی-ساووا
- Uzbek: Haute-Savoie
- Venetian: Alta Savoia
- Vietnamese: Haute-Savoie
- Volapük: Haute-Savoie
- Waray (Philippines): Haute-Savoie
- Welsh: Haute-Savoie
- Western Frisian: Haute-Savoie
- Western Panjabi: ضلع اوٹ سیواۓ
- Wu Chinese: 上萨瓦省
- Yiddish: אויבער-סאוואוא
- Yoruba: Haute-Savoie
- Yue Chinese: 上薩華
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