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Chambéry is an AOC region for Chambéry vermouth, where the Dolin and Routin brands are made.

Sports

  • Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc Handball
  • Chambéry SF
  • Stade Olympique Chambérien Rugby.

Notable people

Chambéry was the birthplace of (chronological order):

  • Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178–1233), who buys the city, with the exception of the castle, to Viscount Berlion de Chambéry, 15 March 1230.
  • Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (ca.1252 - 1323), who buys in 1295 the castle of Chambéry, which will become the main county residence of the House of Savoy.
  • François de Candie (ca.1314–1360), 1st Viscount of Geneva, nobleman and military commander of the Royal Guard of Savoy, Lord of the Chateau of Rumilly, and Salagine.
  • Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383–1451), Pope Felix V from 1439 to 1449.
  • Joseph Colon Trabotto (c. 1420–1480), Jewish scholar, talmudist, and rabbi.
  • César Vichard de Saint-Réal (1639–1692), novelist.
  • Amédée-François Frézier (1682–1773), engineer, mathematician, spy, and explorer
  • Benoît de Boigne (1751–1830), military adventurer in India.
  • Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821), conservative political philosopher and critic of the French Revolution.
  • Xavier de Maistre (1763–1852), soldier and author.
  • Luigi Federico, conte Menabrea (1809–1896), Italian prime minister and general.
  • Simone Antonio Saint-Bon (1828–1892), admiral of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy).
  • Pierre Lanfrey (1828–1877), historian and politician.
  • Pierre Pendaries (1893–??), World War I flying ace
  • Michel de Certeau (1925–1986), Jesuit and scholar
  • Louis Besson (1937-2026), mayor of Chambéry and French minister for housing
  • Jean-Michel Roddaz (born 1948), historian
  • brothers Renaud Capuçon (born 1976) and Gautier Capuçon (born 1981); violinist & cellist
  • Grégory Lemarchal (1983–2007), French singer and winner from the reality TV programme Star Academy in 2004
  • Olivier Giroud (born 1986), French international footballer and striker for American Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC
  • Michaël Rossi (born 1988), racing driver
  • Marion Allemoz (born 1989), captain of the France women's national ice hockey team and first French player to play professional women's hockey in North America

Twin cities

Chambéry is twinned with:

  • Albstadt, Germany
  • Blainville, Canada
  • Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
  • Shawinigan, Canada
  • Turin, Italy
  • Zhangjiakou, China

See also

  • Duchy of Savoy
  • Archdiocese of Chambéry
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise
  • Kingdom of Sardinia
  • Arpitan language
  • Communes of the Savoie department
  • Listing of the works of Alexandre Falguière

References

  • Official website