Annecy, an old town of Savoy, capital of the French department of Haute-Savoie, pleasantly situated near the lake of its name, 22 m. S. of Geneva; pop. in 1866, 11,551. It has various factories, cotton-spinning mills, glass and iron works, and is the seat of a bishop. St. Francis de Sales was born here, and his relies are preserved in St. Mary's church.