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Haute-Savoie

French department
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Summary

Haute-Savoie is a department of France[1]. Haute-Savoie ranks in the top 5% of department of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,841 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[3], France[4]
  • Country: France[5]
  • Capital: Annecy[6]
  • Shares border with: Canton of Vaud[7], Canton of Valais[8], Canton of Geneva[9], Ain[10], Savoie[11], Aosta Valley[12]
  • Named after: Savoy[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Annecy[14], arrondissement of Bonneville[15], arrondissement of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois[16], arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains[17], Annecy[18], Thonon-les-Bains[19], Annemasse[20], Marin[21], Monnetier-Mornex[22]
  • Commons category: Haute-Savoie[23]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[24], UTC+02:00[25]
  • Inception: June 14, 1860[26]
  • Highest point: Mont Blanc[27]
  • Official website: http://www.haute-savoie.pref.gouv.fr/[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Haute-Savoie[29]
  • Commons gallery: Haute-Savoie[30]
  • Population: 756,501[31], 793,938[32], 807,360[33], 816,699[34], 826,094[35], 835,206[36], 841,482[37], 849,583[38], 861,158[39]
  • Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[40]
  • Official name: Haute-Savoie[41]
  • List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques de la Haute-Savoie[42]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Haute-Savoie[43]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Haute-Savoie[44]
  • Demonym: altosavoioardi[45], altosavoiesi[46]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Haute-Savoie[47]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Haute-Savoie[48]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1160 m[49]
  • Area: 4388 km²[50]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Haute-Savoie include Annecy – Haute-Savoie – Mont Blanc Airport[51], an airport[52], in France[53].

Why It Matters

Haute-Savoie has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Haute-Savoie is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

Entities named for Haute-Savoie include Annecy – Haute-Savoie – Mont Blanc Airport[51], an airport[52], in France[53].

Related Entities

Abondance Alby-sur-Chéran Alex Amancy Ambilly Annemasse Archamps Argonay Arthaz-Pont-Notre-Dame Ballaison Bassy Bernex Bogève Bonneville Brenthonne Châtel Cluses Évian-les-Bains France Morzine Passy Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Sallanches Scionzier Thonon-les-Bains Veyrier-du-Lac Ville-la-Grand Viry Yvoire

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Frettie · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nl cr aut id → ge630244
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  2. 16w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → arrondissement of Annecy, arrondissement of Bonneville, arrondissement of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois +6
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36975|batch #36975]]: Remove French communes from French depts"
  3. 17w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Annecy
    Country → France
    Population → {'amount': '+756501'}, {'amount': '+793938'}, {'amount': '+807360'} +6
    Capital → —
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36652|batch #36652]]: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
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