Savoie

Savoie
Details
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Number	73
Region	RhÃÂÃÂ´ne-Alpes
Prefecture	ChambÃÂÃÂ©ry
Subprefectures	Albertville Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Population - Total (1999) - Density	Ranked 61st 373 258 62 /kmÃÂÃÂ²
Area	6,028 kmÃÂÃÂ²;
Arrondissementss	3
Cantons	37
Communes	305
President of the general council	Jean-Pierre Vial (UMP)
Location

Savoie is a French dÃÂÃÂ©partement.

Table of contents

1 History
2 Geography
3 Economy
4 Demographics
5 Culture
6 Miscellaneous topics
7 External link

History

Savoie is one of the two dÃÂÃÂ©partements of the region of Savoy that was annexed by France on March 24, 1860, the other being Haute-Savoie. For details of the annexation and the reasons for the current separatist movement in the dÃÂÃÂ©partements, see Savoy.

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