Viry, Haute-Savoie

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Viry is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

History

Viry is the birthplace of Justin de Viry, a Sardinian and French diplomat and politician. He is still the only Savoyard to be buried in the Panthéon. During the World War, Viry was one of the border towns with Switzerland through which many Jews fleeing Nazism passed.

Population

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