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About Savoie

Savoie is a French department inside the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes area of the French Alps. Together with the Haute-Savoie, Savoie is one of the departments of the historic area of Savoy that turned into annexed by means of France on 14 June 1860, following the signature of the Treaty of Turin on 24 March 1860. It is extensively universal that Savoie takes its name from the Latin Sapaudia or Sabaudia, meaning land protected in fir bushes. Savoie was lengthy part of the states of Savoy; though starting within the sixteenth century, it turned into occupied by means of France numerous instances.

It turned into incorporated into the Mont-Blanc branch from 1792 to 1815 and partially into the Leman department from 1798 to 1814. The province was annexed through France in 1860. The former Duchy of Savoy became the two departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie. Moutiers, capital of the former province of Tarentaise Valley ceased to be the prefecture after a law surpassed on September 10, 1926. Savoie hosted the 1992 Winter Olympics, based in Albertville with ski activities at Tarentaise and Beaufortain. The coat of hands for Savoie turned into used as a pattern for the flames within the reputable emblem of the video games.

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