Coordinates: 45°54′58″N 6°07′59″E

Annecy
Annecy (US: /ˌænəˈsiː, ɑːnˈsiː/ AN-ə-SEE, ahn-SEE,[2][3] French: [ansi]
( listen) ; Arpitan: Èneci or Ènneci) is the prefecture and largest city of Annecy
the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of È(n)neci (Arpitan)
Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, 35
kilometres (22 mi) south of Geneva, Switzerland. Nicknamed the Prefecture and commune
"Pearl of French Alps" in Raoul Blanchard's monograph describing its
location between lake and mountains, the city 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 stagnant, around 50,000 inhabitants, since 1950.
However, the 2017 merger with several ex-communes extended the
city population to 128,199 inhabitants and 177,622 for its urban area,[4]
placing Annecy seventh in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Switching from the counts of Geneva's dwelling in the 13th century, to

the counts of Savoy's in the 14th century, the city became Savoy's
capital in 1434 during the Genevois-Nemours prerogative until 1659.
Its role increased in 1536, during the Calvinist Reformation in Geneva,
while the bishop took refuge in Annecy. Saint Francis de Sales gave
Annecy its advanced Catholic citadel role known as Counter-
Reformation. The annexation of Savoy merged the city to France in
1860. Sometimes called "Venice of the Alps", this idyllic and touristic
representation comes from the three canals and the Thiou river, which
passes through the old city. The city experienced an industrial
development in the 19th century with silk manufacturing. Some of its
industrial legacy remains today with the headquarters of NTN-SNR
Clockwise from top: Lake Annecy seen from
bearings, Salomon, Entremont and Dassault Aviation. the Pont des Amours, Château d'Annecy,
Passage de l'Île, Haute-Savoie prefecture
From the end of the 19th century, Annecy developed tourism around its building
lake summer facilities, winter resorts proximity and cultural attraction
with its castle renovation and fine art museum opening in 1956 and the
Animated Film Festival since 1963, hosted in Bonlieu's cultural centre.
The municipal environmental policy managed to keep 40.3% of green
spaces, and the city was awarded the "Golden Flower" in 2015, given
to the nine most-flowered French cities. Its educational area is growing Flag Coat of arms
since the University of Savoy establishment in 1973.
Location of Annecy

Contents
Geography
History
Early history
Counter-Reformation
Recent times
Administration
Climate
Culture
Sport
Main sights
Education
Population
Research organisations Annecy
Economy
Transport
Twin towns – sister cities
Associations
Notable people
Sport
Associated with the city
Gallery
See also
Notes Annecy

References
External links

Geography
The Fier forms part of the Coordinates: 45°54′58″N 6°07′59″E
commune's northwestern
Country France
border. The surrounding
mountains are Mont Veyrier, Region Auvergne-
Rhône-Alpes
Mont Semnoz, La Tournette
Department Haute-Savoie
and Parmelan.
Arrondissement Annecy
Annecy city centre, 2019 Canton Annecy-1, 2,
History Annecy-3 and
4
Intercommunality CA Grand
Annecy
Early history
Government
Le vieil Annecy ("Old • Mayor (2020–2026) François
Annecy"; not to be confused Astorg
with Annecy-le-Vieux, Area1 66.94 km2
formerly a neighboring town (25.85 sq mi)
but now merged into Annecy), • Urban 227.0 km2
was a settlement from the time (87.6 sq mi)
of the Romans.[5] Annecy was Population (Jan. 2019)[1] 130,721
Annecy City Hall
the court of the counts of • Density 2,000/km2
Geneva[5] or Genevois from (5,100/sq mi)
the 10th century.[6] It passed to • Urban (2018) 177,622
[6]
the counts of Savoy in 1401. In 1444, it became the regional capital • Urban density 780/km2
of the provinces of Genevois, Faucigny and Beaufortain. (2,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Annécien
(masculine)
Counter-Reformation Annécienne
(feminine)
With the advance of Calvinism, Annecy became a centre for the
Time zone UTC+01:00
Counter-Reformation, the old Bishopric of Geneva being transferred to (CET)
it in 1535.[6] Francis of Sales was born in Sales, France in 1567 and • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00
served as bishop of Annecy from 1602 to 1622;[6] his relics are (CEST)
preserved in the cathedral.[5] During the French Revolution, the Savoy
 region was conquered by INSEE/Postal code 74010 (https://
France. Annecy became www.insee.fr/fr/
attached to the department of statistiques/14
05599?geo=C
Mont Blanc, whose capital was OM-74010)
Chambéry.[7] The Catholic /74000
diocese was suppressed in Dialling codes 0450
1801.
Elevation 396–1,153 m
(1,299–
3,783 ft)
Recent times
1 French Land Register data, which
1914 map, French edition
After the Bourbon Restoration excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2
in 1815, Annecy was returned (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river
to the King of Sardinia and the Catholic diocese restored in 1822. estuaries.
When Savoy was annexed to France in 1860 with the Treaty of Turin,
it became the capital of the new department of Haute-Savoie. Annecy was the site of the second round of General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks in 1949. In 2012, a multiple murder occurred in the Annecy area.[8]

The new municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger with the
former communes of Annecy-le-Vieux, Cran-Gevrier, Meythet, Pringy and
Seynod.[9]

A panoramic image from the Administration

southern bank of the Thiou in the city
centre as of July 2018 Annecy is part of four cantons (Annecy-1, Annecy-2, Annecy-3 and Annecy-4);
it is the prefecture of Haute-Savoie.

Since 2017, Annecy has consisted of six delegate cities: Annecy; Annecy-le-Vieux; Cran-Gevrier; Meythet; Pringy; and
Seynod. Local government consists of a city council with 202 members. The number of members in each commune
delegate depends upon its population. The Mayor is Jean-Luc Rigaut (UDI) since 2007.

The intercommunality of Annecy, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Annecy, includes 34 municipalities.

Climate
Annecy has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb) in spite of its relatively far inland position. Influenced by its elevation,
summers are rather moderate on average, although they can be highly variable with extreme heat spikes. Winters see
occasional freezing temperatures, but most often stays in the single-digits during daytime with frequent cold rain. Air
frosts are normal during the night and snowfall is not uncommon.
 Climate data for Annecy, Haute-Savoie - Alt : 458m

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year

Record high 16.5 20.3 24.3 27.4 32.6 35.1 38.0 38.5 30.9 26.5 22.3 19.9 38.5
°C (°F) (61.7) (68.5) (75.7) (81.3) (90.7) (95.2) (100.4) (101.3) (87.6) (79.7) (72.1) (67.8) (101.3)

Average 5.4 7.6 12.0 15.6 20.5 24.0 26.1 25.7 20.7 16.0 9.5 5.6 15.7
high °C (°F) (41.7) (45.7) (53.6) (60.1) (68.9) (75.2) (79.0) (78.3) (69.3) (60.8) (49.1) (42.1) (60.3)

Daily mean 1.9 3.3 6.8 10.2 15.0 18.3 20.2 19.9 15.6 11.6 5.9 2.5 10.9
°C (°F) (35.4) (37.9) (44.2) (50.4) (59.0) (64.9) (68.4) (67.8) (60.1) (52.9) (42.6) (36.5) (51.7)

Average low −1.6 −1.0 1.6 4.7 9.5 12.5 14.3 14.1 10.4 7.2 2.3 −0.7 6.1
°C (°F) (29.1) (30.2) (34.9) (40.5) (49.1) (54.5) (57.7) (57.4) (50.7) (45.0) (36.1) (30.7) (43.0)

Record low −23.0 −15.5 −15.0 −6.0 −2.0 1.0 3.0 1.5 −2.5 −5.0 −11.5 −16.0 −23.0
°C (°F) (−9.4) (4.1) (5.0) (21.2) (28.4) (33.8) (37.4) (34.7) (27.5) (23.0) (11.3) (3.2) (−9.4)

Average
91.2 82.1 94.6 102.8 105.1 90.0 100.8 114.8 123.3 118.0 116.8 109.9 1,249.4
precipitation
(3.59) (3.23) (3.72) (4.05) (4.14) (3.54) (3.97) (4.52) (4.85) (4.65) (4.60) (4.33) (49.19)
mm (inches)

Average
precipitation 11.2 9.4 10.2 10.3 11.6 9.1 9.6 10.2 9.1 11.4 11.7 11.0 124.8
days

Mean
monthly
90.8 114.7 169.4 193.6 221.0 259.7 274.6 241.2 190.3 142.6 86.7 68.7 2,053.3
sunshine
hours

Source 1: Météo France

Source 2: Infoclimat [1] (https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie/normales-records/1981-2010/annecy-meythet/valeurs/07494.html)

Culture
Annecy has hosted the Annecy International Animated Film Festival since 1960 and the Rencontres Internationales
d'Annecy Cinéma & Architecture since 1999 and it was one of the oldest festivals in France.

Sport
On 23 July 2009, Annecy played host to Stage 18 of the Tour de France, as the start/finish point for an individual time
trial around Lake Annecy. It was also the start town for stage 10 of the 2018 Tour de France on 17 July 2018.

Annecy launched a bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games but lost to Pyeongchang.[10] If they had been chosen,
Annecy would have been the fourth French city to host the Winter Olympic Games, after Chamonix (1924), Grenoble
(1968), and Albertville (1992).

Ligue 1 former team Évian Thonon Gaillard F.C. played their home matches in Annecy. The club was founded in 2007,
they grew up to reach Ligue 1, and stayed for three years in the division, thanks to their emblematic trainer Pascal
Dupraz.

The Annecy basin is one of the world's leading locations for the sport of paragliding, an activity of some economic
importance to the region.[11] The area regularly hosts major competitions, most recently a leg of the Paragliding World
Cup in 2012.[12] Due to its proximity with the lake and the mountains, Annecy is also popular for watersports (sailing,
rowing, wakeboarding, water skiing) and wintersports (alpine skiing, snowboarding, Nordic skiing). Le Semnoz, a
relatively small ski resort is 35 minutes away from Annecy. Other bigger ski resorts, La Clusaz and Le Grand Bornand,
are only 40 minutes away. Annecy is also very popular among trail runners and many races are organized year round,
such as the World Trail Running Championships in 2015.[13]

Main sights
 The Palais de l'Isle is a 12th-century castle on an island in the river
Thiou in Annecy's administrative headquarters. It mostly served as a
prison and courthouse until the French Revolution. It again was a
prison during World War II. The Palais de l'Ile was classified as a
Historical Monument in 1900, and today houses a local history
museum.
The Château d'Annecy (Annecy Castle) was the home of the Counts
of Geneva and the Dukes of Genevois-Nemours, an offshoot
The 15th century Église Saint-Maurice The Palais de l'Isle and Thiou river

Education
Université Savoie-Mont Blanc
Polytech'Savoie

Population
Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1793 4,440 — 1911 15,622 +1.71%
1800 5,130 +2.09% 1921 15,004 −0.40%
1806 5,467 +1.07% 1926 17,233 +2.81%
1822 5,724 +0.29% 1931 20,289 +3.32%
1838 8,252 +2.31% 1936 23,293 +2.80%
1848 8,547 +0.35% 1946 26,722 +1.38%
1858 10,374 +1.96% 1954 33,114 +2.72%
1861 9,370 −3.34% 1962 43,255 +3.40%
1866 11,554 +4.28% 1968 54,484 +3.92%
1872 11,581 +0.04% 1975 53,262 −0.32%
1876 10,976 −1.33% 1982 49,965 −0.91%
1881 11,334 +0.64% 1990 49,644 −0.08%
1886 11,817 +0.84% 1999 50,348 +0.16%
1891 11,947 +0.22% 2007 51,119 +0.19%
1896 12,894 +1.54% 2012 50,943 −0.07%
1901 13,611 +1.09% 2017 126,924 +20.03%
1906 14,351 +1.06%
Annecy was merged with four neighbouring communes in 2017.
Source: EHESS (1793-1999) [14] and INSEE[15][16]

Research organisations
LAPP Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules specialized in Physics
Mecatronics department of CETIM (https://web.archive.org/web/20071013035927/http://www.cetim.fr/gb/i
ndex.jsp)
Different R&D activities in the Université de Savoie and its École Polytechnique d'Ingenieurs:
Polytech'Savoie.

Economy
In the 19th century, the primary manufactures were linen and cotton goods, glass,
cutlery, earthenware, and leather.[5] The area also carried on linen bleaching and
iron mining.[5] By the First World War, it was connected by rail to Aix-les-Bains Logo of the City of Annecy
and there were factories for linen and cotton goods, felt hats, and paper, as well
as a "celebrated" bell foundry at Annecy-le-Vieux.[6]
Companies located in and around Annecy include:

Salomon Group
adixen Vacuum Products
Sopra Group
Ubisoft Annecy

Transport

The Gare d'Annecy railway station offers connections with Lyon, Geneva, Paris, Grenoble and several regional
destinations.

Annecy – Haute-Savoie – Mont Blanc Airport currently used for private air transport only.

Twin towns – sister cities

Annecy is twinned with:[17]

Bayreuth, Germany
Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
Sainte-Thérèse, Canada
Vicenza, Italy

Associations

Together with other Alpine towns Annecy engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of
the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. Annecy is also Alpine Town of the Year
2012.

Notable people
Bernard Accoyer (born 1945), politician, President of the National Assembly
2007 to 2012 and Mayor of Annecy-le-Vieux.
Bernard Bosson (1948–2017), politician, Govt. minister & Mayor of Annecy
Eustace Chapuys (ca.1490–1556), Imperial ambassador to the English
Court of Henry VIII
Francis de Sales (1567–1622), bishop of Geneva / Annecy and Catholic
Saint.[18]
André Dussollier (born 1946), actor
Emmanuel Leducq-Barôme (born 1971), conductor, works in Russia
Bernard Miège (born 1941), a media theorist and academic administrator.
Guillaume Perret (born 1980), jazz musician and composer Francis de Sales in Annecy
Emmanuel Tarpin (born 1992), contemporary jewelry designer
Cécile Vogt-Mugnier (1875–1962), brain researcher

Sport
Louis Lachenal (1921–1955), alpinist, one of the first two mountaineers to climb a summit of more than
8,000 meters.
Bernard Collomb (1930-2011), racing driver
Vincent Vittoz (born 1975), cross-country skier
 Johan Clarey (born 1981), alpine skier, silver medallist at the 2022 Winter
Olympics
Thomas Fanara (born 1981), alpine skier, competed in three Winter Olympics
David Poisson (born 1982), alpine skier, competed in two Winter Olympics
Steve Missillier (born 1984) alpine skier, silver medallist at the 2014 Winter
Olympics
Jonathan Midol (born 1988), freestyle skier, bronze medallist at the 2014 Winter
Olympics
Christophe Lemaitre (born 1990), sprinter, bronze medallist at the 2016 Summer
Olympics
Côme Ledogar (born 1991), racing driver Jean-Jacques
Axelle Mollaret (born 1992), physiotherapist, skyrunner and ski mountaineer. Rousseau
Hugo Lapalus (born 1998), cross-country skier, team bronze medallist at the
2022 Winter Olympics
Sacha Fenestraz (born 1999), French-Argentine racing driver

Associated with the city

Jane Frances de Chantal (1572–1641), Holy of the Catholic Church, founded in Annecy the Order of
Salesian Sisters
Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585–1650), man of letters, philologist and grammarian.[19]
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), writer and philosopher, spent some time in Annecy.[20]
Claude Louis Berthollet (1748–1822), physician and chemist, began medical studies locally in 1760.[21]
Eugène Sue (1804-1857), writer, spent his last years in exile in Annecy and died there.[22]

Gallery

Annecy, the "Venice Palais de l'Isle jail Thiou river Restaurants along
of the Alps" the Thiou river

Thiou river Thiou river Palais de l'Isle jail Annecy Château

by night
 View of the Canal Lake Annecy from Church of St. Imperial Hotel
the south dock of Francis,
Annecy

See also
Arpitan language – Franco-Provençal language
Arpitania

Notes
1. "Populations légales 2019" (https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/6005800?geo=COM-74010). The
National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
2. "Annecy" (https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Annecy). The American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
3. "Annecy" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Annecy). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved
30 August 2019.
4. Unité urbaine 2020 d'Annecy (74601), Commune d'Annecy (74010) (https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1
405599?geo=UU2020-74601+COM-74010), INSEE
5. EB (1878).
6. EB (1911).
7. Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII (http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k204214z/f433.image), p.
437-438, accessed in Gallica 23 May 2017 (in French)
8. "France shootings: Three victims shot in head" (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19506853). BBC News
Online. BBC. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
9. "Arrêté du 14 juillet 2016 portant création d'une commune nouvelle" (https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affich
Texte.do;jsessionid=08DEC28064854665C2CAE5A749AE3071.tpdila21v_2?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000
033313064&dateTexte=&oldAction=rechJO&categorieLien=id&idJO=JORFCONT000033312664) (in
French).
10. Paula Hancocks, CNN. "South Korean city to host 2018 Winter Olympics" (http://www.cnn.com/2011/SP
ORT/07/06/winter.olympics.announcement/). CNN.com. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
11. Paragliding in the Annecy Basin (https://web.archive.org/web/20101203090604/http://www.drdjs-rhone-a
lpes.jeunesse-sports.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/Fiche_synthetique_BAssin_Annecien.pdf) (PDF) (in French),
DRDJS Rhone Alpes, archived from the original (http://www.drdjs-rhone-alpes.jeunesse-sports.gouv.fr/I
MG/pdf/Fiche_synthetique_BAssin_Annecien.pdf) (PDF) on 3 December 2010, retrieved 30 October
2011
12. World Cup France Talloires 2012 (http://pwca.org/node/1877), retrieved 15 August 2014
13. Record participation for 2015 IAU Trail World Championships| News | iaaf.org (http://www.iaaf.org/news/
news/2015-iau-trail-world-championships)
14. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Annecy (http://cassini.ehes
s.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=891), EHESS. (in French)
15. Populations légales 2012: Commune d'Annecy (74010) (https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2123878?ge
o=COM-74010), INSEE
16. Populations légales 2017: 74 Haute-Savoie (https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4265439/dep74.pd
f), INSEE
17. "Les jumelages de la commune déléguée d'Annecy" (https://www.annecy.fr/89-les-jumelages-de-la-com
mune-deleguees-d-annecy.htm). annecy.fr (in French). Annecy. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
18. Mackey, Henry Benedict (1911). "Francis of Sales, St" (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C
3%A6dia_Britannica/Francis_of_Sales,_St). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). pp. 940–941.
19. "Vaugelas, Claude Favre, Seigneur de" (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Brit
annica/Vaugelas,_Claude_Favre,_Seigneur_de). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). 1911.
pp. 954–955.
20. Rockstro, William Smyth; Chisholm, Hugh (1911). "Rousseau, Jean Jacques" (https://en.wikisource.org/
wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Rousseau,_Jean_Jacques). Encyclopædia Britannica.
Vol. 23 (11th ed.). pp. 775–778.
21. "Berthollet, Claude Louis" (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Bertho
llet,_Claude_Louis). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 812.
22. "Sue, Eugène" (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Sue,_Eug%C3%
A8ne). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 20.

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Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "Annecy" (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica,_Ni
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External links
Annecy town website (https://www.annecy.fr/) (in French)
Annecy photo blog (https://www.jaimeannecy.com/) (in French)
Annecy photos guide (http://annecyphotos.blogspot.com/) (in French)
The former mayor of Annecy Bernard Bosson (https://web.archive.org/web/20060822203913/http://www.l
ac-annecy-bosson.fr/) (in French)
Official web site of the Association Annecy Traditions, organizer (http://annecytraditions.free.fr/en/html/in
dex.html) (in English)
The International Animated Film Festival (http://s//www.annecy.org/)
Festival du film italien d'Annecy (https://annecycinemaitalien.com/fr/bienvenue/)
Annecy City (https://web.archive.org/web/20080913173422/http://www.annecy-city.com/) (in English and
French)
Lake Annecy tourism Official website (https://en.lac-annecy.com/)
Annecy Tourist guide (https://www.tourisme-annecy.net/) (in French)
Association of the Friends of the Old Annecy (https://www.amisduvieilannecy.fr) (in French)

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