Department of Savoie

Savoie
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
prefecture	Chambery
Sub-prefecture (s)	Albertville Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Residents	431,174 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	72 inhabitants per km²
surface	6,028.25 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	18th
Cantons	19th
Communities	273
President of the Department Council	Hervé Gaymard ( UMP )
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-73
Location of the department of Savoie in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes

The Savoie department [ savwa ] ( dt. Savoy ) is the French department with the atomic number 73. It is in the east of the country in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes at the border to Italy and to the landscape Savoy named.

geography

The department borders on the Haute-Savoie department to the north, the Italian metropolitan city of Turin and the Hautes-Alpes department to the east and south, and the Isère and Ain departments to the west . 88% of the area already belong to the Alps. The Savoie department is thus the department with the largest proportion of mountainous land in France. The highest point is the Grande Casse at 3,855 m , the lowest point is the Lac du Bourget at 210 m and the mean height above sea level is 1,500 m. There are a total of 89 artificially created lakes with an average storage volume of 890 million m³ and 2,200 kilometers of watercourses, of which the Isère , which receives many small tributaries, is the most important.

history

The area did not become part of France until 1860 through the cession of territory by the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont ; the department was formed on June 15, 1860.

From 1960 to 2015 it was part of the Rhône-Alpes region , which in 2016 became part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

coat of arms

Description: A common, silver cross in red .

Administrative division

Communes and arrondissements in the Savoie department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Albertville	5	69	111,446	2,466.14	45	731
Chambery	12	151	276,782	1,586.09	175	732
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne	3	53	42,946	1,976.02	22nd	733
Department of Savoie	19th	273	431.174	6,028.25	72	73

Cantons in the Savoie department (as of 2017)

See also:

• List of communes in the Savoie department
• List of cantons in the Savoie department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Savoie department

economy

Only a third of the soil in the department is suitable for arable farming. Of the total area, 90,028 hectares are arable and garden land, 65,033 are on artificial meadows, 55,482 are on natural meadows, 122,615 are on wooded areas, 9,912 hectares are on vineyards (→ Savoie (wine-growing area) ).

Apart from grain (approx. 1 million hl), the most important soil products are: potatoes, tobacco, hemp, chestnuts and wine (approx. 140,000 hl). In the extensive pastureland, cattle-breeding, especially cattle and sheep (in 1882 140,375 of the former, 89,533 of the latter), is very rewarding, and silk weaving is also worth mentioning. From the mineral kingdom , the excellent building material available everywhere, as well as hard coal and iron ore, should be mentioned. Excellent mineral springs can be found in Aix-les-Bains .

The industry extends mainly to silk weaving, then paper manufacture and is otherwise insignificant.

traffic

The Mont-Cenis-Bahn with the branch lines to Albertville , Grenoble and Annecy cuts through the department.

Sports

The orienteering world championships were held in August 2011 in Savoie.

Web links

Commons : Savoie  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• General Council of the Department of Savoie (French)
• Prefecture of the Department of Savoie (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.cg73.fr/2811-le-president.htm, accessed on September 8, 2012
2. ↑ ^{a b} La Savoie en chiffres. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Retrieved September 28, 2013 (French). 

Coordinates: 45 ° 34 '  N , 5 ° 55'  E