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Annecy is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhone-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, 35 kilometres south of Geneva. After the Bourbon Restoration in 1815, it was returned to the Kingdom of Sardinia. Francis of Sales was born at the nearby castle of Sales in 1567. He was bishop of Annecy from 1602 to 1622. Source
The city of Cambridge
is a university town and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in
East Anglia, on the River Cam, about 50 miles north of London. According to the United
Kingdom Census 2011, its population was 123,867. This
makes Cambridge the second largest city in Cambridgeshire after Peterborough,
and the 54th largest in the United Kingdom. There is
archaeological evidence of settlement. Source
Normandy is a geographical region of France corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two regions: Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. The population of Normandy is around 3.45 million. During World War II, the D Day landings on the Normandy beaches, under the code name Operation Overlord, started the lengthy Battle of Normandy. Source
