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Annecy City Hall 1914 map, French edition. Le vieil Annecy ("Old Annecy"; not to be confused with Annecy-le-Vieux, formerly a neighboring town but now merged into Annecy), was a settlement from the time of the Romans. [6] Annecy was the court of the counts of Geneva [6] or Genevois from the 10th century. [7] It passed to the counts of Savoy in ...
446.97 m (1,466.4 ft) Settlements. Annecy (see list) Lake Annecy (French: Lac d'Annecy, French pronunciation: [lak dansi]) is a perialpine lake in Haute-Savoie in France. It is named after the city of Annecy, which marks the start of the Thiou, Lake Annecy's outflow river. [1][2]: 958. It is the third-largest lake in France, after the Lac du ...
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.
Coordinates: 45°53′51″N 6°7′34″E. Château d'Annecy. The Château d'Annecy is a restored castle which dominates the old French town of Annecy in the Haute-Savoie département. It was bought by the town, restored and transformed into a museum, le musée-château d'Annecy. The castle is listed as a monument historique by the French ...
Annecy-le-Vieux (French pronunciation: [ansi lə vjø]) was a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. On 1 January 2017, it merged into the commune of Annecy. [2] It was the fourth-largest commune in Haute-Savoie in terms of population, and was located on the northeastern shore ...
Thiou. The Thiou (French pronunciation: [tju]) is a short river in the city of Annecy, France. [1] It is 3.6 km (2.2 mi) long. [2] It is an effluent of Lake Annecy and an affluent of the Fier, which is in turn a tributary of the Rhône. The Thiou is considered one of the cleanest rivers in Europe [citation needed] and a postcard of the city of ...
Talloires (French pronunciation: [talwaʁ]; Arpitan: Talouères) is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Talloires-Montmin. [ 2 ] Due to its setting on Lake Annecy Talloires has become a popular resort town not only ...
The arrondissement of Annecy is an arrondissement of France in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 79 communes . [2] Its population is 282,319 (2016), and its area is 1,261.6 km 2 (487.1 sq mi).