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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 is named after the former Duchy of Savoie.