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Annecy

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Lake Annecy was so polluted by the 1950s that the surrounding communes built a shared sewerage network — the first of its kind in France — and it is now among the cleanest lakes in Europe, swimmable from the town beach. The Thiou canal runs through the old town past a twelfth-century prison built on an island in mid-stream.

Nearby in the atlas
Megève — The Rothschild VillageChamonix — At the Foot of Mont BlancÉvian-les-Bains — Shore of Lake GenevaCourmayeur, Italy — South Face of Mont Blanc
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