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Savoy

Savoy is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps. Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south and west and to the Aosta Valley in the east. Wikipedia
Area: 4,022 mi²
Founded: 1003
Population: 1.239 million (2017)
Capital: Chambéry
Calling code: 33
Common languages: Franco-provençal (Savoyard dialect); French
Demonym(s): : Savoyard (in common use nowadays); Savoisian (used before annexation); Savoyan (historic; nowadays obsolete);