Coordinates: 45°34′12″N 5°54′43″E / 45.57, 5.9118

Commune of Chambéry
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Savoie (préfecture)
Arrondissement	Chambéry
Canton	Chief town of 4 cantons
Intercommunality	Chambéry Métropole
Mayor	Bernadette Laclais (since March 9, 2008)
Statistics
Elevation	245 m–560 m (avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Rhône-Alpes ( Franco-Provençal: Rôno-Arpes; Occitan: Ròse Aups) is one of the 26 regions of France, located on the In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Savoie ( Arpitan: Savouè d’Avâl) is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes ( Rôno-Arpes A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Chambéry is an arrondissement of France located in the Savoie department, in the Rhône-Alpes region. The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 270 m)
Land area¹	20. 99 km²
Population² (2005)	60,900
- Density	2,958/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	73065/ 73000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E

Chambéry is the capital of the department of Savoie, France. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Savoie ( Arpitan: Savouè d’Avâl) is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes ( Rôno-Arpes This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. It has been the historical capital of the Savoy region since the 13th century, when Amadeus V of Savoy made it his seat of power. For the two French départements of the region of Savoy see Savoie and Haute-Savoie Savoy ( French Amadeus V (between 1249 and 1253 Le Bourget-du-Lac &ndash 16 October, 1323, Avignon) surnamed the Great for his wisdom and success

Geography

Chambéry was founded at crossroads of ancient routes through the Dauphiné (Dôfenâ), Burgundy, Switzerland, and Italy, in a valley between the Bauges and the Chartreuse Mountains on the Leysse River. The Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois is a former province in southeastern France, roughly corresponding to the present departments ' of the Burgundy (Bourgogne Burgund is a region historically situated in modern-day France and Switzerland, inhabited in turn by Celts ( Gauls) Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The metropolitan area has more than 100,000 inhabitants, extending from the vineyard slopes of the Combe de Savoie, almost to the shores of the Lac du Bourget, the largest natural lake in France. The Lac du Bourget ("Lake of Le Bourget" is a Lake in the Savoie département of France. The city is a major railroad hub, at the mid-point of the Franco-Italian "Lyon-Turin Ferroviaire" rail link. SNCF ( Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français) (French National Railway Company is a French public enterprise

History

The history of Chambéry is closely linked to the House of Savoy and was the Savoyard capital from 1295 to 1563. The House of Savoy (Casa Savoia was formed in the early eleventh century in the historical Savoy region During this time, Savoy encompassed a region that stretched from Bourg-en-Bresse in the west, across the Alps to Turin, north to Geneva, and south to Nice. Eventually, to insulate Savoy from provocations by France, Duke Emmanuel Philibert moved his capital to Turin in 1563, and, consequently, Chambéry declined. At its height, Savoyard weapons were highly respected, and many of Europe's mightiest armies fought with weapons made in Savoy. Chambéry and the Duchy of Savoy were returned to the rulers of the House of Savoy in 1815. The need for urban revitalization was met by the establishment of the Société Académique de Savoie in 1820, which was devoted to material and ethical progress, now housed in an apartment of the ducal Chateau.

Château de Chambéry

The first counts of Savoy settled into an existing fortress in 1285 and expanded it in the early 14th century to serve as residence, as seat of power and administration, and as stronghold for the House of Savoy. As a serious fortification genuinely capable of resisting a siege, it was quickly obsolete. Due to constant French hostilities, Duke Emmanuel Philibert decided to remove his capital to Turin. Emmanuel Philibert (in Italian Emanuele Filiberto; 8 July 1528 &ndash 30 August 1580) was Duke of Savoy The chateau remained purely an administrative center, until Christine of France, Duchess of Savoy, returned to hold court in 1640. In 1786 Victor Amadeus III added a Royal Wing. Victor Amadeus III ( Italian Vittorio Amedeo III di Savoia, June 26 1726 - October 16 1796) was King of Sardinia Under Napoleon, the Aile du Midi ("South Wing") was rebuilt and redecorated to house the imperial prefecture of the department of Mont-Blanc. Elaborate modification to the structure were made after Savoy was annexed by France in 1860.

Today, the political administration of the department of Savoie is located in the castle.

Panoramic of Chambéry center.

The Main Tower of the Castle of Chambéry "Le château des ducs de Savoie" by night with the memorial of Joseph and Xavier de Maistre.

The most famous landmark in Chambéry: the Elephants fountain.

Black and white photograph of the elephants.

Fontaine des Éléphants

The Fontaine des Éléphants ("Elephants Fountain") is surely the most famous landmark in Chambéry. It was built in 1838 to honour Benoît de Boigne's feats when he was in India. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Count Benoît de Boigne ( March 8, 1751 - June 21, 1830) was a French soldier the first of the military adventurers in India India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country This statue, which represents the forelimbs of four elephants truncated in a column in the shape of the savoyan (savoyarde) cross was first hooted by the inhabitants, annoyed to see elephants in their city, but it appears that now, most of them have accepted. Savoie ( Arpitan: Savouè d’Avâl) is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes ( Rôno-Arpes Witness of the previous dislike, the statue kept its nickname of les quatre sans culs, ("the four without arse(s)" sounding almost like the title of the best-known movie of the most prominent nouvelle vague director François Truffaut : "Les quatre-cent coups"/The 400 Blows). "Nouvelle Vague" redirects here For the music group of the same name see Nouvelle Vague (band. François Roland Truffaut ( February 6 1932 – October 21 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking

Archbishop of Chambéry

Main article: Archdiocese of Chambéry

Chambéry is also an archdiocese. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. The jurisdiction does not precisely conform to the boundaries of the modern arrondissement and includes some towns in the arrondissement of Annecy (Haute-Savoie), and in the arrondissement of Albertville (Savoie). The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Annecy is an arrondissement of France located in the Haute-Savoie department, in the Rhône-Alpes region Haute-Savoie ( Arpitan: Savouè d’Amont / Hiôta-Savouè) is a French department, named for its location in The arrondissement of Albertville is an arrondissement of France located in the Savoie department, in the Rhône-Alpes region

Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy and his Duchess Yolande of France built a ducal chapel for their prized relic, the Santo Sudario, the Holy Shroud (now in Turin). A relic is an object or a personal item of religious significance carefully preserved with an air of Veneration as a tangible memorial The Shroud of Turin (or Turin Shroud) is a Linen cloth bearing the image of a man who appears to have been physically traumatized in a manner consistent In 1467 Pope Paul II, erected a chapter directly subject to the Holy See. Pope Paul II ( February 23, 1417 &ndash July 26, 1471) born Pietro Barbo, was Pope from 1464 until his death in 1471 In 1515, Leo X was going to make the religious jurisdiction an archbishopric and published a bull to that effect, but King Francis I of France objected. Francis I (September 12 1494 &ndash March 31 1547 was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547 It was only in 1775 that this jurisdiction was separated from the Diocese of Grenoble by Pope Pius VI. Pope Pius VI (December 27 1717 &ndash August 29 1799 born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, Pope from 1775 to 1799 was born at Cesena. In 1779, the see at Chambéry became a bishopric, the fourth bishop for Savoy. After the French Revolution, when Chambéry returned to the Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the House of Savoy, it became the seat of an archbishop (1817). The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an

The Cistercian Abbey of Hautecombe, founded in 1135, is one of the burial places of the House of Savoy. Saint Francis de Sales officiated at Notre-Dame de Myans (established before the 12th century). This article is about the Roman Catholic saint For churches named after him see Saint Francis de Sales church. Francis I of France went to Notre-Dame de l'Aumône at Romilly (13th century) as a pilgrim. The Sisters of St Joseph, an order founded at Chambéry in 1812 and devoted to teaching and charitable work, are now widespread. for the order of the same name founded in Alsace in 1845 see Sisters of St

Transportation

Chambéry Airport serves Chambéry. Chambéry Airport or Chambéry-Savoie Airport (Aéroport de Chambéry-Savoie, also known as Aix les Bains Airport, is a small international airport near

Miscellaneous

Chambéry is home to the 13th Battalion of the Chasseurs Alpins. The Chasseurs Alpins ( Alpine Light Infantry) are the elite Mountain Infantry of the French Army.

Births

Chambéry was the birthplace of:

• François de Candie, 1st Vice-Count of Geneva, "Ancien Vidam de Genéve", (c. François de Candie 1st Vice-Count of Geneva (c 1314 &ndash 26 December, 1360; in Italian Conte Franco de Candia) was a nobleman and military commander 1314 – 26 December 1360; in Italian Conte Franco de Candia) was a nobleman and military commander of the Royal Guard of Savoy
• Gauvain de Candie, count of Derruyre, novelist and poet of the House of Candia, in 1475 at age 28 he composed the famous "Chason d'Amoure" recited poems to the ducal couple of Marguerite of Austria and Philibert II, Duke of Savoy. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" The House of Candia also called "Candida" in Latin is a European dynastic house originally from "Castrum Candiaco" in the Dauphiné of the nobility of Margaret of Austria may refer to Margaret Duchess of Austria (c Philibert II ( 10 April 1480 &ndash 10 September 1504) surnamed the Handsome or the Good was the Duke of Savoy from 1497
• César Vichard de Saint-Réal (1639-1692), novelist
• Amédée-François Frézier (1682-1773), engineer, mathematician, spy, and explorer
• Benoît de Boigne (1751-1830), military adventurer in India
• Xavier de Maistre (1763–1852), writer, military man
• Michel de Certeau (1925-1986), Jesuit and scholar
• Federico Luigi, Conte Menabrea (1809-1896), Italian prime minister and general

Sister cities

Chambéry is twinned with:

• Turin, Italy
• Albstadt, Germany
• Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso

See also

• Duchy of Savoy
• House of Savoy
• Kingdom of Sardinia
• Arpitan language
• Université de Savoie

External links

• Official website
• Chateau de Chambéry
• Visiting Chambéry (English)
• Café du Théâtre