Passy, Haute-Savoie
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Passy () is a commune in the
Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie () is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture is Annecy. To the north is Lake Gene ...
department in the
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 ...
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in south-eastern
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. It is part of the
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of
Sallanches Sallanches (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Located close to the Mont Blanc massif, many visitors pass through the town en route to well-known alpine resorts such as Chamonix, M ...
.Unité urbaine 2020 de Sallanches (00465)
INSEE Located there is the Sancellemoz
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, where
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie died in 1934. Lac Vert is located in the commune. The commune has a railway station, , on the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line.


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Communes of the Haute-Savoie department The following is a list of the 279 Communes of France, communes of the French Departments of France, department of Haute-Savoie. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):


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Communes of Haute-Savoie {{HauteSavoie-geo-stub