Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie or Upper Savoy
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From top down, left to right: Aiguille du Midi, Lac Vert in Passy, prefecture building in Annecy, a view of Les Houches, Thonon-les-Bains, landscape near Chamonix | |
Location of Haute-Savoie in France | |
| Coordinates: 46°00′N 06°20′E / 46.000°N 6.333°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Prefecture | Annecy |
| Subprefectures | Bonneville Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Thonon-les-Bains |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Martial Saddier (LR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,388 km2 (1,694 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,160 m (3,810 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 4,810.40 m (15,782.15 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 849,583 |
| • Rank | 27th |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-74 |
| Department number | 74 |
| Arrondissements | 4 |
| Cantons | 17 |
| Communes | 279 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 ^2 Inventaire forestier départemental, IIIe inventaire 1998 | |
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Haute-Savoie (pronounced [ot savwa] ⓘ) 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.
It holds its name from the Savoy historical region, as does the department of Savoie, located south of Haute-Savoie. In 2019, it had a population of 826,094. Its subprefectures are Bonneville, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois and Thonon-les-Bains. The French entrance to the Mont Blanc Tunnel into Italy is in Haute-Savoie. It is noted for winter sports; the first Winter Olympic Games were held at Chamonix in 1924.