Pays de Savoie
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- For other uses, see Savoie (disambiguation)Savoie (disambiguation)Savoie and Haute-Savoie are two French departments located in the Rhône-Alpes region in the French Alps.Pays de Savoie is used to name them as a whole entity.Related articles :* Communes of the Savoie department, a list...
and Savoy (disambiguation)Savoy (disambiguation)Savoy or The Savoy may refer to:* Savoy, a type of cabbage which has curly leaves* Savoy crackers, made by Arnott's Biscuits Holdings, sold in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, Australia...
(Les) Pays de Savoie, that means Count(r)ies of Savoy, is a term appeared in the early 1980s to name the two French departments of Savoie
Savoie
Savoie is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes region in the French Alps.Together with the Haute-Savoie, Savoie is one of the two departments of the historic region of Savoy that was annexed by France on June 14, 1860, following the signature of the Treaty of Turin on March 24, 1860...
and Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie is a French department in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It borders both Switzerland and Italy. The capital is Annecy. To the north is Lake Geneva and Switzerland; to the south and southeast are the Mont Blanc and Aravis mountain ranges and the French entrance to the Mont...
as a whole entity.
The Assemblée des Pays de Savoie(fr) (Assembly of the Savoyan count(r)ies) was created in February 2001 by a common declaration of the presidents of the General Councils
General councils (France)
The General councils are assemblies of the French departments. They are elected by universal suffrage.-List of the Presidents of the General councils:-External links:*...
. It is a public organization with the legal personality
Legal personality
Legal personality is the characteristic of a non-human entity regarded by law to have the status of a person....
. Its main goal is to facilitate the realization of common projects between those two departments. It is run by members of the General Councils of both departments. It could be the first step for the creation of a new region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
"Pays de Savoie" separated of the Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes is one of the 27 regions of France, located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the Rhône River and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris...
region.