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Albertville Congo (Kinshasa): see Kalemie .

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Albertville , town (1990 est. pop. 18,121), Savoie dept., E France in the Rhone-Alps region, close to the French-Italian border. Located in the Alps on the Arly River just above its influx into the Isère, Albertville is a transportation and commercial center in a winter sports region. The town was the central site for the 1992 Winter Olympics.

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Albertville, France, USA France (Rhône‐Alpes): named after Charles Albert (1798–1849), King of Sardinia‐Piedmont (1831–49), who merged two small towns in 1835.

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