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ID: 7008766
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008766
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Chambéry-le-Vieux (inhabited place)  Chambéry-le-Vieux (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 45 35 35 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 45.5929  decimal degrees
Long: 005 54 41 E  degrees minutes   Long: 5.9113  decimal degrees

Note: Was capital of medieval Savoy; after Revolution, returned to Savoy by treaties of Paris & Vienna; part of France from 1860; site of 12th-cen. ducal château, rebuilt in 15th cen.; noted as home of the writer Rousseau & his benefactress Madame de Warens.

Names:
Chambéry-le-Vieux (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Chambéry (C,V)
Chambery (C,V)
Camberiacum (H,V)  ............ Latin name

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region (administrative division))  ............  Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Chambéry-le-Vieux (inhabited place)  ................  Chambéry-le-Vieux (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Savoie (historical region)  ........  Savoie (historical region) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Chambéry-le-Vieux (inhabited place)  ............  Chambéry-le-Vieux (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an ancient center
city (C)
department capital (C)
industrial center (C)  ............  for metallurgical industry & production of construction materials
commercial center (C)
transportation center (C)
educational center (C)
countship (H)  ............  made capital of counts of Savoy, 14th cen.
capital (H)  ............  of Mont Blanc department under Revolutionary government, 1792

Sources and Contributors:
Camberiacum..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 240
Chambery..........  [FDA]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Chambéry..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
.................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database (1987-)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) 3:68
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 42
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 240
Chambéry-le-Vieux..........  [VP Preferred]
................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database (1987-)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 68; 3:68
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1417926
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 42
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 240
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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