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Annecyänsē', town (1990 pop. 51,143), capital of Haute-Savoie dept., SE France, in Savoy in the N Alps, on beautiful Lake Annecy. A popular tourist resort, it also has printing plants and factories making jewelry, precision instruments, and wood, leather, and textile products. The center of the city, traversed by narrow canals, is picturesquely medieval. St. Francis de Sales, who was born in Annecy, was bishop from 1602 to 1622. The city has many fine churches, monasteries, and seminaries. The castle of the counts of Geneva (12th–14th cent.) dominates Annecy from a hill.
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Annecy is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
It lies on northern tip of Lake Annecy, 35 kilometres south of Geneva.
Annecy is the capital of the department of "Haute Savoie" no. 74.
The metropolitan area of Annecy includes 13 municipalities.
Annecy is the capital of three cantons:
The Canton of Annecy-Centre is made up of a part of Annecy and has 15,344 inhabitants;
The Canton of Annecy-Nord-Est is also made up of part of Annecy and counts 19,540 inhabitants;
The largest canton is that of the Annecy-Nord-Ouest, which is formed from a part of Annecy and the communities of...more »
The Canton of Annecy-Centre is made up of a part of Annecy and has 15,344 inhabitants;
The Canton of Annecy-Nord-Est is also made up of part of Annecy and counts 19,540 inhabitants;
The largest canton is that of the Annecy-Nord-Ouest, which is formed from a part of Annecy and the communities of...more »
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- Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie department (1990 pop. 577,600), E France, in the northern part of the old duchy of Savoy. Annecy is the capital.
- Francis de Sales, Saint
Francis de Sales, Saint, 1567–1622, French Roman Catholic preacher, Doctor of the Church, and key figure in the Counter Reformation in France. He was a member of an aristocratic family of Savo...
