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The Hôtel de Ville 1914 map, French edition. Le vieil Annecy ("Old Annecy"; not to be confused with Annecy-le-Vieux, formerly a neighboring town but now merged into Annecy), was a settlement from the time of the Romans. [6] Annecy was the court of the counts of Geneva [6] or Genevois from the 10th century. [7] It passed to the counts of Savoy ...
Lake Annecy (French: Lac d'Annecy, [lak dansi]) is a perialpine lake in Haute-Savoie in France. It is named after the city of Annecy, which marks the start of the Thiou, Lake Annecy's outflow river. [1] [2]: 958 The lake is at 1,465 feet (447 m) feet above sea level.
Aerial view of Lake Annecy from the southeast. Haute-Savoie has significant freshwater resources. Lake Annecy is a major attraction, along with the town of Évian-les-Bains, perhaps the best-known town on the French shore of Lake Geneva, and known worldwide for its Evian mineral water. Haute-Savoie is entirely within the watershed of the Rhone.
Annecy-le-Vieux (French pronunciation: [ansi lə vjø]) was a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. On 1 January 2017, it merged into the commune of Annecy. [2] It was the fourth-largest commune in Haute-Savoie in terms of population, and was located on the northeastern shore ...
Talloires is located south of Geneva, Switzerland, on Lake Annecy and 13 km (8.1 mi) south of the local "prefecture" Annecy, about 50 km from Switzerland and about 90 km from Italy. The town is situated in the French Alps, along a bay on the east side of the lake.
Montmin's principal claim to fame is as the starting point of several popular hiking trails, including the scenic climb up Mt. Tournette, the tallest of the mountains overlooking Lake Annecy. A hotel and several restaurants at the Col de la Forclaz mountain pass receive thousands of tourists who come to enjoy the excellent view of Lake Annecy.
The Château de Menthon is a medieval castle located in the commune of Menthon-Saint-Bernard, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Annecy in the Haute-Savoie department of France. Standing on a 200 metres (660 ft) tall rock, its stone towers loom over Lake Annecy, the Roc de Chère National Nature Reserve, and Menthon-Saint-Bernard.
The name "Aravis Massif" is also used to refer to the whole massif, possibly an effect of tourist marketing. [citation needed] The massif can be accessed though numerous open valleys which separate the massif's peaks: From Annecy via the Bluffy col (631 m) or via the recently widened Dingy-Saint-Clair pass, both of which lead to Thônes,