Faverges (French pronunciation: [favɛʁʒ]; Arpitan: Favèrges) is a former commune located in Haute-Savoie department situated in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (south-east of France).

Originally, at the end of the ice age, the lake extended some 30 km, from Sillingy all the way to the site of Faverges, at the base of the Dent de Cons mountain.

The digs in Viuz and at the Thovey site in Faverges have yielded a great deal of information about Gallo-Roman times, some two thousand years ago.

The vicus of Viuz, which covered some fifty acres (200,000 m2), was an important stop along the Roman road which ran from Turin to Geneva.

Numerous forges, making nails, clasps, and all types of iron implements, were built along the rivers and streams from which they derived some of their energy needs.