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Code: 74
Region: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (Rhône-Alpes until 2014)
Traditional province: Savoy
(former Intendance of Annecy; Provinces of Chablais, Faucigny and Genevois)
Bordering departments: Ain,
Savoie
Bordering countries: Italy (Region
Aosta Valley),
Switzerland (Cantons of
Geneva and
Valais)
Area: 4,388 km2
Population (2016): 801,416 inhabitants
Préfecture: Annecy
Sous-préfectures:
Bonneville, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois,
Thonon-les-Bains
Subdivisions: 4 arrondissements, 17 cantons, 281 municipalities.
The department is named ("Upper Savoy") after the former Duchy of Savoy, incorporated to France in 1860.
Ivan Sache, 14 January 2018
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Flag of Haute-Savoie - Image by Ivan Sache, 24 March 2020
The department of Haute-Savoie has no proper flag but the traditional flag of Savoy, red with a white cross.
For the sake of differentiation from the neighboring department of Savoie, for instance in sports events, a flag of Savoy is sometimes used with the writing "Haute-Savoie" added on the cross' horizontal arms (photo).
Ivan Sache, 24 March 2020
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