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Haute-Savoie
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Haute-Savoie (ōt-sävwä`) department (1990 pop. 577,600), E France, in the northern part of the old duchy of Savoy Savoy , Fr. Savoie, Alpine region of E France. The boundaries of old Savoy have changed with time, but presently the region comprises the departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie.
..... Click the link for more information. . Annecy Annecy , 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
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Haute-Savoie
a department of E France, in Rhône-Alpes region. Capital: Annecy. Pop.: 663 810 (2003 est.). Area: 4958 sq. km (1934 sq. miles)
Haute-Savoie 

a department in southeastern France, in the Savoy Alps; situated along Lake Geneva, on the Swiss-Italian border. Area, 4,400 sq km. Population, 427,000 (1974). The prefecture is Annecy.

In Haute-Savoie 15 percent of the work force is employed in agriculture and 31 percent in industry (1968); many work in the service industry. Electrical energy is provided for electrochemistry and electrometallurgy by hydroelectric power plants on the Arve and other rivers. Machine tools, clocks, and leather goods are produced. Cattle is raised and cheese is made. Haute-Savoie is a tourist center, especially for winter sports; resorts include Chamonix and Evianles-Bains.
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After 1955, Lean's pictures were largely set outside this country, but this was his first movie to be set abroad, with locations beside Lake Annecy in the Haute Savoie and around Chamonix-Mont Blanc, which, in that postwar age of austerity, were exotic places for most of us in Britain.
The Passionate Friends by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
The 15-year-old was in Haute Savoie to compete in an inter-school skiing competition.
Bea's knees on skis by The Mirror (London, England)
Welcome to the Haute Savoie -an area of France bordered by Switzerland and Lake Geneva to the north,Italy to the south and the Alps to the east, a region of stunning and unforgettable scenery.
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