Presentation of Savoy
Savoy has 373 258 inhabitants living in an area of 6 267 km2 divided up into 7 territories in turn divided into 37 cantons...and many other figures, all just as interesting. This repartition is the result of a political and administrative system dating from 1790 and continuing today. You will find all the data here, a real insight into Savoy as it is today.
Key figures
Surface area : 6 267 km² of which5 541 km² (88,4 %) are classed as mountain zones and 1 745 km² (27,8 %) as forests
· Highest summit : 3 852 m (La Grande Casse)
· Lowest point : 210 m (Lac du Bourget)
· Average altitude : 1 500 m
· Number of villages : 305
· Number of cantons : 37
· Number of districts : 3
· Total population: 386 250 (partial census INSEE 2004)
· Population density : 59,5 hab./ km² (national average : 104)
· Demographic evolution since 1990 : + 7 %
· Population less than 20 years old : 24 %
· Population less than 60 years old : 21 %
· Motorways : 103 kms
· Network of main roads managed by the County : 328 km
· Minor roads : 2 824 kms
Specific characteristics of the territory
· 60 winter sports resorts and 21 million winter tourist visitors
· The largest natural lake in France : the Bourget Lake
· 3 parks : the ‘Vanoise national park ’, the regional nature parks in the massif of the Bauges and the Chartreuse
· 6 spa towns : Aix-les-Bains, Aix Marlioz, Challes-les-eaux, Brides-les-Bains, La Léchère, Salins les Thermes
· 110 000 hectares of alpine pastures
· 57% of the Savoy territory is concerned by one or several protection measures.
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