of the Arts et Métiers ParisTech (ENSAM) engineering graduate school, which created a research institute in 1994 there. It offers doctoral and master programs in the field of mechanical and industrial engineering. Chambéry is also home to the INSEEC Business School, a French business school which offers Master in Management – Grande école program educational system. Transport The city an important railway and highway crossroads. Chambéry Airport serves Chambéry in the winter. The Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux station provides rail connections, including a nonstop TGV service to Paris-Gare de Lyon. High-speed rail service also continues east along the Maurienne Valley and through the Fréjus Rail Tunnel to Turin and Milan, Italy. Synchro Bus is the local bus system. From 1892 to 1932, the Chambéry tramway, a narrow-gauge steam tram network, connected the town with its surroundings. Military Chambéry is home to the 13th Battalion of the Chasseurs Alpins. Demographics In 2020, 59,172 people lived in the city, while its metropolitan area had a population of 255,790. Vermouth Chambéry is an AOC region for Chambéry vermouth, where the Dolin and Routin brands are made. Sport Chambéry is home to Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc Handball, Chambéry SF and to Stade Olympique Chambérien Rugby. Notable people Chambéry was the birthplace of (chronological order): Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178-1233), who buys the city, with the exception of the castle, to Viscount Berlion de Chambéry, 15 March 1230. Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (ca.1252 - 1323), who buys in 1295 the castle of Chambéry, which will become the main county residence of the House of Savoy. François de Candie (ca.1314–1360), 1st Viscount of Geneva, nobleman and military commander of the Royal Guard of Savoy, Lord of the Chateau of Rumilly, and Salagine. Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383–1451), Pope Felix V from 1439 to 1449. Gauvain de Candie, count of Berruyre, novelist and poet of the House of Candia, who in 1475 at age 28 he composed the famous "Chason d'Amoure" recited poems to the ducal couple of Marguerite of Austria and Philibert II, Duke of Savoy. César Vichard de Saint-Réal (1639–1692), novelist. Amédée-François Frézier (1682–1773), engineer, mathematician, spy, and explorer Benoît de Boigne (1751–1830), military adventurer in India. Joseph de Maistre, (1753–1821) conservative political philosopher and critic of the French Revolution. Xavier de Maistre (1763–1852), soldier and author. Luigi Federico, conte Menabrea (1809–1896), Italian prime minister and general. Simone Antonio Saint-Bon (1828–1892), admiral of the Italian Regia Marina