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Arrondissement of Chambéry

arrondissement of France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ700869 ↗
Source-derived summary

The arrondissement of Chambéry is an arrondissement of France in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 151 communes. Its population is 287,551 (2021), and its area is 1,586.1 km2 (612.4 sq mi).

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Chambéry, and their INSEE codes, are:

History

The arrondissement of Chambéry was created in 1860.

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements.

Editorial summary

“Arrondissement of Chambéry” enters the record as arrondissement of France. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Arrondissement, Chambéry and arrondissement can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021, 1860, 2015—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Arrondissement, Chambéry and arrondissement.
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Why this record matters

“Arrondissement of Chambéry” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Arrondissement, Chambéry and arrondissement provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q700869. Authority coordinates are 45.567, 5.917. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 1860 and 2015.

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This entry incorporates text from “Arrondissement of Chambéry” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.