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Annecy
Annecy ( , ; , also ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, south of Geneva, Switzerland. Nicknamed the "Pearl of the French Alps" in Raoul Blanchard's monograph describing its location between lake and mountains, the town controls the northern entrance to the lake gorge. Due to a lack of available building land between the lake and the protected Semnoz mountain, its population has remained stable, around 50,000 inhabitants, since 1950. However, the 2017 merger with several ex-communes extended the population of the city to 128,199 inhabitants and that of the Urban unit, urban area to 177,622, placing Annecy seventh in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Switching from the County of Geneva, counts of Geneva's dwelling in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annecy International Animation Film Festival
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival (, officially abbreviated in English as the Annecy Festival, or simply Annecy) was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became an annual event in 1998. It is one of the four international animated film festivals organised by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA). History In the 1960s, the existence of a very active film club in the Savoy region, combined with the encounters of its organizers with the team from the Journées du Cinéma (Cinema Days), facilitated the establishment of the Journées Internationales du Cinéma d'Animation (JICA) in Annecy. Pierre Barbin, André Martin, and Michel Boschet were the founding members. Indeed, in 1956, the directors of the film club, present in Cannes to attend the first edition of the JICA alongside the major festival, realized that the festival wasn't working, as film stars m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Annecy
Lake Annecy (, ) 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.Jean-Daniel Stanley and Thomas F. Jorstad, ''Direct Sediment Dispersal from Mountain to Shore, with Bypassing via Three Human-Modified Channel Systems to Lake Annecy, SE France'' (2004) Volume 20 (4) Journal of Coastal Research pp 958 - 96JStor The lake is at feet above sea level. At approximately , it is the third-largest List of lakes in France, lake in France, after the Lac du Bourget and Lac de Grand-Lieu, if the French part of Lake Geneva, which is shared between Switzerland and France, is excluded. It is a popular tourist destination known for its swimming and water sports. The lake was formed about 18,000 years ago, at the time the large alpine glaciers melted. It is fed by many small rivers from the surrounding mountains (Ire, Eau morte, Laudon, Bornette and Biolon) and a powerful underwater source, the Boub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Geneva; to the south and southeast are Mont Blanc and the Aravis Range, Aravis mountain range. It holds its name from the Savoy historical region, as does the department of Savoie, located south of Haute-Savoie. In 2019, it had a population of 826,094.Populations légales 2019: 74 Haute-Savoie INSEE Its Subprefectures in France, subprefectures are Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Bonneville, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois and Thonon-les-Bains. The French entrance to the Mont Blanc Tunnel into Italy is in Haute-Savoie. It is noted for winter sports; the first Winter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté D'agglomération Du Grand Annecy
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Annecy is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Annecy. It is located in the Haute-Savoie department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeastern France. It was created in January 2017 by the merger of the former ''communauté de l'agglomération d'Annecy'' and four communautés de communes. Its area is 515.0 km2. Its population was 203,784 in 2018, of which 128,199 in Annecy proper.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, accessed 5 April 2022. Composition The Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Annecy consists of the following 34 communes:[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiou
The Thiou () is a short river in the city of Annecy, France. It is long. It is an effluent of Lake Annecy and an affluent of the Fier, which is in turn a tributary of the Rhône. The Thiou is considered one of the cleanest rivers in Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ... and a postcard of the city of Annecy. The Thiou crosses the city forming small canals without which the city would not be often called the Venice of the Alps. During the nineteenth century, the Thiou played an important role in manufacturing activities and provided the necessary energy to the industries that developed in the city of Annecy. References and notes Rivers of France Rivers of Haute-Savoie Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Annecy {{France-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château D'Annecy
The Château d'Annecy is a restored castle which dominates the old French town of Annecy in the Haute-Savoie ''Departments of France, département''. It was bought by the town, restored and transformed into a museum, ''le musée-château d'Annecy''. The castle is listed as a by the French Ministry of Culture since 1959. Château History The castle was built between the 12th and 16th centuries. It served as the residence of the Counts of Geneva and the Dukes of Genevois-Nemours. Several times the victim of fires, the castle was abandoned in the 17th century and later repaired to serve as a barracks until 1947. The town of Annecy acquired the castle in 1953, restored it with the help of Monument historique, Monuments historiques and installed a museum there. Since 1993, the Tower and the ''Logis Perrière'' have housed an observatory (''l'Observatoire régional des lacs alpins''). Description The ''Tour de la Reine'' (Queen's Tower) is the oldest part of the castle, dating fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis De Sales
Francis de Sales, Congregation of the Oratory, C.O., Order of Minims, O.M. (; ; 21 August 156728 December 1622) was a Savoyard state, Savoyard Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Geneva and is a saint of the Catholic Church. He became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to the religious divisions in his land resulting from the Protestant Reformation. He is known also for his writings on the topic of spiritual direction and spiritual formation, particularly the ''Introduction to the Devout Life'' and the ''Treatise on the Love of God''. Life Early years Francis de Sales was born two months premature on 21 August 1567 in the Château de Sales into the noble Sales family of the Duchy of Savoy, in what is today Thorens-Glières, Haute-Savoie, France. His father was François de Sales, Lord of Sales, Haute-Savoie, Sales, and Novel, and by marriage, de Boisy. His mother was a noblewoman, Françoise de Sionnaz, the only child of the prominent magistrate, Melchior d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semnoz
Semnoz () is a mountain of Haute-Savoie, France. It lies in the Bauges range. It has an altitude of above sea level. The mountain is crossed by the D41/D110 road near to the Crêt de Chatillon at an altitude of . Tour de France The penultimate stage of the 2013 Tour de France (Stage 20) saw a summit finish on Semnoz, after departing from Annecy. The mountain has featured in the Tour previously, but this was during a neutralized stage in the wake of the 1998 Festina affair. Details of the climb The Crêt de Chatillon can be reached by road from three directions. From the south, the climb via the D110 commences at the village of Leschaux from where the ascent is long climbing at an average gradient of 5.7% with a maximum gradient of 10.2%. From the north, the climb via the D41 commences in Annecy, from where the road is long climbing with an average gradient of 7%. From the west, the climb commences at Quintal and uses the D241 before reaching the D41 after . The total clim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Astorg
François Astorg (born 11 April 1961) is a French politician serving as mayor of Annecy Annecy ( , ; , also ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, regi ... since 2020. He concurrently serves as vice president for infrastructure and public transport of Grand Annecy since 2020. In the 2012 legislative election, he was a candidate for Haute-Savoie's 2nd constituency. References 1961 births Living people The Greens (France) politicians Europe Ecology – The Greens politicians Mayors of places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 21st-century mayors of places in France {{France-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Annecy-4
The canton of Annecy-4 (before March 2020: ''canton of Seynod'') is an administrative division in Eastern France. Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the communes of the canton of Annecy-4 are: *Annecy (partly: Cran-Gevrier and Seynod) * La Chapelle-Saint-Maurice *Chavanod * Duingt * Entrevernes * Leschaux * Montagny-les-Lanches *Quintal * Saint-Eustache *Saint-Jorioz Saint-Jorioz (; ), located on the western banks of lake Annecy, is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in south-eastern France. Population Wo ... References {{Coord, 45.8331, N, 6.1669, E, source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:FR, display=title Annecy-4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Geneva
The County of Geneva, largely corresponding to the later Genevois province, originated in the tenth century, in the Burgundian Kingdom of Arles (Arelat) which fell to the Holy Roman Empire in 1032. History Several nobles had held the title of a Count of Geneva in Upper Burgundy (''Bourgogne transjurane'') from the 9th century. The progenitor of the Counts of Geneva was Conrad I, possible count palatine of Burgundy, in Vienne. Count Cono/Conrad died about 1003 in exile, during the Hermann II's rebellion (his brother duke of Swabia, of Conradines lineage). Their son, Robert, count of Geneva, was born about 970 and died about 1020. The county never played a major part as a feudal entity. The city of Geneva and its environs were retained, but the approaches to the western end of Lake Geneva, which had made the position strategic, were soon lost. In 1124, the Bishops of Geneva had their rule over the city acknowledged and continued to make themselves an independent force, while the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Annecy-3
The canton of Annecy-3 (before March 2020: ''canton of Annecy-le-Vieux'') is an administrative division of the Haute-Savoie department, southeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Annecy. It consists of the following communes: #Annecy (partly) #Argonay Argonay (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is part of the urban area of Annecy. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
