Annecy

Annecy, a lake and chief town in the department of Haute Savoie, France, 22 miles south of Geneva. The lake stands 1,426 feet above the sea level. The town, which until 1860 belonged to Piedmont, contains a cathedral, a college, an episcopal palace, and the old castle of the Counts of Geneva. St. Francis of Sales was bishop here. Printed calicoes, yarns, silks, and steel wares are the chief manufactures.