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Website. www.annecy.fr. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Annecy (US: / ˌænəˈsiː, ɑːnˈsiː / AN-ə-SEE, ahn-SEE, [3][4] French: [an (ə)si] ⓘ; Arpitan: Èneci, also Ènneci) is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the ...
In the 1840s, when Annecy was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the city council decided to commission a more substantial town hall. The site they selected was on the lakeside adjacent to Lake Annecy. After the proposed design for the new building was approved by the council in 1846, construction work started in 1847.
Château d'Annecy. The Château d'Annecy is a restored castle which dominates the old French town of Annecy in the Haute-Savoie département. It was bought by the town, restored and transformed into a museum, le musée-château d'Annecy. The castle is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1959.
446.97 m (1,466.4 ft) Settlements. Annecy (see list) 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. It is the third-largest lake in France, after the Lac du Bourget and Lac de Grand ...
Completed. 19th century. Annecy Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre d'Annecy) is a Roman Catholic church located in Annecy, France. The cathedral is a national monument. The church was erected at the beginning of the 16th century by Jacques Rossel as a chapel for a Franciscan priory. During the French Revolution, the building was used ...
Annecy shootings. 2023 Annecy stabbing. Categories: Communes of Haute-Savoie. Prefectures in France. Cities in France. Cities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Hidden categories: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
An alpine town in southeastern France, Annecy is nicknamed the “Pearl of the French Alps.” It is 93 miles east of Lyon, the third-largest city in France, and has a population of approximately ...
Talloires (French pronunciation: [talwaʁ]; Arpitan: Talouères) is a former commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Talloires-Montmin. [ 2 ] Due to its setting on Lake Annecy Talloires has become a popular resort town not only ...