Savoie
Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) 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 o ...
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...
region
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in south-eastern
France
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.
Notable people
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Claudio Angelo Giuseppe Calabrese
Claude-Ange-Joseph Calabrese (; February 18, 1867 – May 7, 1932) was the Italy, Italian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aosta from his appointment by Pope Benedict XV on May 7, 1920, until his death on May 7, 1932.
Biography
Born ...
, (1867–1932), bishop of
Aosta
Aosta ( , , ; ; , or ; or ) is the principal city of the Aosta Valley, a bilingual Regions of Italy, region in the Italy, Italian Alps, north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel and the G ...
Gallery
File:Fourneaux mairie.jpg, The
city hall
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File:Ligne Modane-Frontière - IMG 1230.jpg, Reconstruction of the old entrance to the Mont-Cenis railway tunnel
See also
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Communes of the Savoie department
The following is a list of the 273 Communes of France, communes of the Savoie Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):