Chambéry

Chambery (German outdated Kamrach ) is a city in the Rhône- Alpes region of France. It is the prefecture ( administrative seat ) of the department of Savoie.

The city has an airport and is home to the University of Savoy. Live in an area of ​​20.99 km ² 58 437 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011). The whole agglomeration counts some 125,000 inhabitants.

Chambery has been named to the Alpine town of the year 2006.

Geography

The city is located on 270 m at the foot of the Savoy Alps. Not far away are the Regional Natural Park " the Bauges and La Chartreuse ". In the south, bordering the vineyards of the Coteaux de la Combe de Savoie, to the north of the Lac du Bourget. The Lac du Bourget is the largest natural lake in France, and is largely funded by Leysse River, which crosses the city from south to north.

History

The Romans had at this point a settlement, which they called Lemencum. From 1232 to 1536 the city was the residence of the Dukes of Savoy.

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Chambery

  • Cathedral Saint- François- de-Sales from the 15th and 16th centuries
  • Castle Chambery, former residence of the Dukes of Savoy
  • Castle Buisson -Rond
  • Castle Caramagne
  • Fontaine des Éléphants Elephant Fountain ( ) from 1838
  • Musée des Beaux- Arts ( Fine Arts Museum )

Sports

The Handball Club Chambéry Savoie HB is one of the top clubs of the French first division.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Felix V (1383-1451), Duke of Savoy and Antipope
  • Andreas Anton from Capri (1716-1776), Major General kurbayerischer
  • Benoît de Boigne (1751-1830), adventurers and military advisors, among others in India, benefactor in his hometown
  • Joseph Marie de Maistre (1753-1821), political writer and ambassador the king of Sardinia in Saint Petersburg
  • Antoine Pillet (1857-1926), legal scholar
  • Sevez François (1891-1948), Major General French and signer of the German surrender in May 1945 Reims
  • Madeleine Rebérioux (1920-2005), historian
  • Michel de Certeau ( born 1925 ), sociologist and cultural philosopher
  • Jean Pacalet (1951-2011), accordionist and composer
  • Corinne Favre ( born 1968 ), ski mountaineer and mountain runner
  • Renaud Capuçon (born 1976 ), violinist and chamber musician
  • Rémi Santiago ( born 1980 ), ski jumpers
  • Gautier Capuçon ( born 1981 ), cellist and chamber musician
  • Olivier Giroud ( born 1986 ), football player
  • Michaël Rossi ( * 1988), race car driver
  • Laetitia Philippe ( * 1991), football player

Connected with the city

  • Jean -Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Geneva, writer and philosopher who lived from 1729-1742, Chambery. He dedicated a monument and a media center in the city.

Twin Cities

Chambery maintains since 1997 a partnership with the Italian city of Turin in Piedmont and since 1979 a partnership with Albstadt in Baden- Württemberg.

Culture

Since 2003, the town once a year, a comic festival.

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