Place:Hautes-Alpes, France

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NameHautes-Alpes
TypeDépartement
Coordinates44.667°N 6.5°E
Located inFrance
Also located inProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France    
Contained Places
Arrondissement
Briançon
Gap
Canton
La Bâtie-Neuve (canton)
La Grave (canton)
Commune
Châteauroux-les-Alpes
Embrun
L'Argentière-la-Bessée
Pelvoux
Saint-Laurent-du-Cros
Saint-Veran
Serres
Former municipality
Les Costes
General region
Queyras
Inhabited place
Abriès
Aiguilles
Ailefroide
Arvieux
Aspres-sur-Buëch
Barcillonnette
Barret-le-Bas
Cervières
Chauffayer
Chorges
Château-Queyras
Crots
Echalp
Grave
Guillestre
Laragne-Montéglin
Le Laus
Mont-Dauphin
Montgenèvre
Montmaur
Monêtier-les-Bains
Moydans
Névache
Orcières
Orpierre
Poët
Prunières
Remollon
Ribiers
Roche-de-Rame
Roche-des-Arnauds
Rosans
Saint Bonnet
Saint Firmin
Saint Julien-en-Beauchène
Saint Étienne-en-Dévoluy
Saint-Disdier-en-Dévoluy
Saint-Étienne-le-Laus
Saulce
Savines-le-lac
Tallard
Vallouise
Vars
Veynes
Villar-d'Arène
Unknown
Agnières-en-Dévoluy
Ancelle
Antonaves
Aspremont
Aspres-lès-Corps
Avançon
Baratier
Bruis
Bréziers
Buissard
Bénévent-et-Charbillac
Ceillac
Chabestan
Chabottes
Champcella
Champoléon
Chanousse
Château-Ville-Vieille
Châteauneuf-d'Oze
Châteauneuf-de-Chabre
Châteauvieux
Crévoux
Eourres
Esparron
Espinasses
Etoile-le-Château
Eygliers
Eyguians
Forest-Saint-Julien
Fouillouse
Fressinières
Furmeyer
Jarjayes
L'Epine
La Beaume
La Bâtie-Montsaléon
La Bâtie-Neuve
La Bâtie-Vieille
La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar
La Cluse
La Fare-en-Champsaur
La Faurie
La Freissinouse
La Grave
La Haute-Beaume
La Motte-en-Champsaur
La Piarre
La Roche-de-Rame
La Roche-des-Arnauds
La Rochette
La Salle
La Saulce
Lagrand
Lardier-et-Valença
Laye
Lazer
Le Bersac
Le Glaizil
Le Monêtier-les-Bains
Le Noyer
Le Poët
Le Saix
Le Sauze
Les Baux
Les Infournas
Les Orres
Les Vigneaux
Lettret
Manteyer
Molines-en-Queyras
Montbrand
Montclus
Montgardin
Montjay
Montmorin
Montrond
Monêtier-Allemont
Méreuil
Neffes
Nossage-et-Bénévent
Oze
Pelleautier
Poligny
Puy-Saint-André
Puy-Saint-Eusèbe
Puy-Saint-Pierre
Puy-Saint-Vincent
Puy-Sanières
Rabou
Rambaud
Ribeyret
Risoul
Ristolas
Rochebrune
Romette
Rousset
Réallon
Réotier
Saint-André-d'Embrun
Saint-André-de-Rosans
Saint-Apollinaire
Saint-Auban-d'Oze
Saint-Bonnet
Saint-Chaffrey
Saint-Clément
Saint-Crépin
Saint-Cyrice
Saint-Etienne-en-Dévoluy
Saint-Eusèbe-en-Champsaur
Saint-Firmin
Saint-Genis
Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard
Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas
Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur
Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes
Saint-Martin-de-Queyrières
Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard
Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol
Saint-Pierre-Avez
Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon
Saint-Sauveur
Sainte-Colombe
Sainte-Marie
Saléon
Salérans
Savournon
Sigottier
Sigoyer
Sorbiers
Théus
Trescléoux
Upaix
Val-des-Prés
Valserres
Velvoux
Ventavon
Villar-Loubière
Villar-Saint-Pancrace
Vitrolles
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Hautes-Alpes is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. It is located in the heart of the French Alps, after which it is named. Hautes-Alpes had a population of 141,220 as of 2019, which makes it the third least populated French department. Its prefecture is Gap; its sole subprefecture is Briançon. Its INSEE and postal code is 05.

History

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Hautes-Alpes is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It consists of the southeast of the former province of Dauphiné and the north of Provence.

At the time when the department was created, the two mountain communes of La Grave and Villar-d'Arêne successfully campaigned to be included in Hautes-Alpes and not in the neighbouring department of Isère to which they had originally been assigned. This was because they hoped to benefit from the relative autonomy and certain fiscal privileges enjoyed by the region since the fourteenth century under the terms of the .

Napoleon passed through Gap when he returned to reclaim France after his exile on Elba using what is now known as Route Napoléon.

After Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the department was occupied by Austrian and Piedmontese troops from 1815 to 1818.

During World War II, Italy occupied Hautes-Alpes from November 1942 to September 1943.

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