Haute-Savoie, France Genealogy

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Haute-Savoie (English: Upper Savoy) is a department in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. It borders both Switzerland and Italy.

Jurisdictions
The Conseil Général de la Haute-Savoie is the central legislative and administrative body for the department. It is responsible for, among other services, the Archives départementales de la Haute-Savoie (the Departmental Archive of Upper Savoy).

Modern Haute-Savoie is divided into four (4) arrondissements (administrative subdivisions):


 * Annecy
 * Bonneville
 * Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
 * Thonon-les-Bains

In turn, these are further divided into 34 cantons and then into 294 communes.

Did you know?

 * The modern departments of Haute Savoie and Savoie comprise the "Pays de Savoie" (Savoy).
 * The County of Savoy was part of the first Burgundian kingdom, then the kingdom of Arles and then the Holy Roman Empire.
 * In 1416 the county was raised in status to the Duchy of Savoy comprising parts of modern France (Savoie, Haute-Savoie and the port of Nice), Switzerland (cantons of Geneva and Vaud), and Italy (Valle d'Aosta, Piedmont and part of Liguria).
 * In the 16th century, Savoy was an Italian state and, after 1713, part of the kingdom of Sardinia.
 * In 1792 France annexed Savoy; in 1815 its territory was returned to Sardinia; in 1860 it was ceded to France by the Treaty of Turin.

Research Tools

 * History, heritage, archives of Savoy (in French)
 * Haute-Savoie Francegenweb
 * Gazetteer for Haute-Savoie

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