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Encyclopedia Britannica



ANNECY

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 72 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ANC-APO
ANNECY , the
chief
  town of the department of Haute
Savoie
  in France. Pop. (1906) 10,763. It is situated at a height of 1470 ft., at the northern end of the lake of Annecy, and is 25 M. by rail N.E. of Aix les Bains. The surrounding country presents many scenes of beauty. The town itself is a pleasant residence, and contains a 16th century cathedral church, an 18th century
bishop
 's palace, a 14th16th century castle (formerly the residence of the
counts
  of the Genevois), and the reconstructed convent of the Visitation, wherein now reposes the
body
  of St Francois de Sales (born at the castle of Sales, close by, in 1567; died at Lyons in 1622), who held the see from 1602 to 1622. There is also a public library, with 20,000 volumes, and various scientific collections, and a public garden, with a statue of the chemist Berthollet (17481822), who was born not far off. The
bishop
 's see of Geneva was transferred hither in 1535, after the Reformation, but suppressed in 18or, though revived in 1822. There are factories of linen and
cotton
  goods, and of felt hats,
paper
  mills, and a celebrated bell foundry at Annecy le Vieux. This last-named place existed in Roman times. Annecy itself was in the loth century the
capital
  of the
counts
  of the Genevois, from whom it passed in 1401 to the counts of Savoy, and became French in 186o on the annexation of Savoy.
The LAKE OF ANNECY is about 9 M. in length by 2 M. in breadth, its surface being 1465 ft. above the level of the sea. It discharges its waters, by means of the Thioux canal, into the Fier, a tributary of the Rhone. (W. A. B. C.)


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