Savoie is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region,Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps,its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019,Savoie had a population of 436,434.
Isère is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère,it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019. Its prefecture is Grenoble. It borders Rhône to the northwest,Ain to the north,Savoie to the east,Hautes-Alpes to the south,Drôme and Ardèche to the southwest and Loire to the west.
Annemasse is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Even though it covers a relatively small territory,it is Haute-Savoie's second most populous commune after the prefecture Annecy,with 36,250 residents as of 2018.
Chambéry is the prefecture and largest city of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. The population of the commune of Chambéry was 59,172 as of 2020,while the population of the Chambéry metropolitan area was 255,790. The city is located at the foot of the French Alps between Bauges and Chartreuse mountains,making Chambéry an important railway and highway crossroads.
The Grandes Jorasses is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif,on the boundary between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy.
The arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is an arrondissement of France in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 53 communes. Its population is 43,091 (2016),and its area is 1,976.0 km2 (762.9 sq mi). The area corresponds to the former province of Maurienne.
Michel Rollier is a French industrialist in the automobile industry. On 26 May 2006,he succeeded his deceased cousin Édouard Michelin,as chief executive officer of the Michelin tire company. In May 2012 Rollier was replaced by Jean-Dominique Senard and remained a board member until 2021.
Modane is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
Louis François Armand was a French engineer and senior civil servant who managed several public companies,as well as had a significant role in World War II as an officer in the Resistance. He became the first president of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) as chair of the Armand Commission from 1958 to 1959 before he was elected to the Académie Française in 1963.
UniversitéSavoie Mont Blanc is a public university in the Haute-Savoie and Savoie departments of France,with one campus in Annecy,Haute-Savoie and two near Chambéry,Savoie.
Mouxy is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Martial Saddier is a French politician who represented the 3rd constituency of the Haute-Savoie department in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2021. A member of The Republicans (LR),he left Parliament after he was elected President of the Departmental Council of Haute-Savoie,in which he has held a seat since 2021 for the canton of Bonneville.
The Château de Chevron is a redesigned and remodelled castle in the commune of Mercury in the Savoie département of France. It was owned by the powerful Quilliard family.
Honorat de Savoie,marquis of Villars was a marshal of France and admiral of France. Born into a cadet branch of the house of Savoy,he fought for first Francis I,and then Henri II during the Italian Wars. This included fighting at Hesdin and the battle of Saint-Quentin. During this period he also conducted diplomacy for the French court,and was involved in the negotiations that brought an end to the Italian Wars. Subsequently,he received the office of lieutenant-general of Languedoc,in which he suppressed Huguenots for several years before resigning the commission in 1562.
Destiny? is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band Mystery. Released in 1998,it is the last Mystery album to feature Gary Savoie on lead vocals,as well as the first to feature Patrick Bourque as a member of the band on bass and Steve Gagnéon drums. Destiny? was reissued in 2009 as a 10th anniversary edition with a new mix,a bonus track and new artwork.
Samuel Guichenon was a French lawyer,historian and genealogist.
Ambroise Croizat was a French syndicalist and communist politician. As the minister of Labour and of Social security,he founded the French Social security system and the retirement system,between 1945 and 1947. He was also the general secretary of the Fédération des travailleurs de la métallurgie CGT.
Martine Berthet is a French politician of the Republicans (LR). She was the mayor of Albertville,Savoie between 2014 and 2017 and became a senator for Savoie in 2017.
The Château de Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne is a 13th-century castle in the commune of Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne Savoie département of France.
