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Code: 73
Region: Rhône-Alpes
Traditional province: Savoie
(former intendance of Chambéry; provinces of Savoie propre,
Tarentaise and Maurienne)
Bordering departments: Ain,
Hautes-Alpes,
Isère,
Haute-Savoie
Bordering country: Italy (regions of
Valle d'Aosta and
Piemonte)
Area: 6,028 km2
Population (1995): 366,800 inhabitants
Préfecture:
Chambéry
Sous-préfectures: Albertville,
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 37 cantons, 304 communes.
The department is named after the former Duchy of Savoie.