Chambery (Rhone-Alpes) Pop: 58,500

This city can be found in southeast France, between the massifs of Beauges and La Grande Chartreuse. Its industry includes metallurgy, confectionary and shoe factories.

Chambery Attractions

Fontaine des Elephants - elaborate fountain illustrating 4 bronze elephant heads

Les Charmettes - museum and country home of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Chartreuse and Massif des Bauges National Parks

Lac Bourget - largest of France's lakes

Natural History Museum

Museum of Fine Arts - 14th to 18th century Italian art works

Chambery Comic Strip festival - annually in October

Castle of Dukes of Savoie - middle ages structures