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Apparently during negotiations for the Treaty of Turin (that saw Savoy and Nice annexed to France), the idea was floated of having the northern portions (or even all of Savoy in the extreme case) join Switzerland, following the example set forth by Carouge, which was annexed to Switzerland in the Congress of Vienna.

Great Britain apparently very much favored this solution (not hard to imagine why...). While the French weren't in favor, apparently a lot of Italians liked it because it was a way to screw the French in such a way that they couldn't complain openly, and some portion of the locals apparently took the idea seriously enough that a tariff- and duty- free zone was established over roughly the area that is the modern department of Haute-Savoie.

Does it seem at all plausible that such a thing would actually happen? Does anyone know how the Swiss might feel at such an act? While Swiss borders had been somewhat static for a while, a number of minor adjustments had been made at Vienna, and it was only in 1863 that Switzerland fixed their southeastern border with Lombardy, so this feels plausible.

And let's say this did happen, are there any major ramifications? France now has no part of Mont Blanc (maybe), but otherwise all it loses are some nice ski resorts and hiking trails (assuming the whole territory isn't Swiss, which seems very unlikely, considering that adding most of Savoy would basically turn the Helvetic Confederation into the Confederation of Savoy and Friends).
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