Hautes-Alpes - Hautes-Alpes

Hautes-Alpes is a department in the French Alps. It belongs to the administrative region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Landscapes and Administration

• Located in the Southern Alps, the department offers a mountain landscape.
• The main traffic axis is the valley of the Durance.
• in the massif du Pelvoux the glacier regions are reached.
• The opens in the northeast col de Montgenèvre to Italy.

2 arrondissements with 30 cantons and 177 communes:

• Gap - 93 481 Ew.
• Brinançon - 33 155 Ew.

places

• Gap is prefecture (administrative seat) of the department - 38 612 Ew.
• Briançon - 11 287 Ew. - is at an altitude of 1,200 to 1,300 m (according to Davos in Switzerland the second highest city in Europe) on the western edge of the Cottian Alps near the border with Italy
• Embrun - 6 703 Ew.
• Laragne-Monteglin - 3 372 Ew.
• Veynes - 3 254 Ew.
• L'Argentière-la-Bessée - 2 334 Ew.
• Guillestre - 2 284 Ew.
• Chorges - 1 912 Ew.

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Tourist Attractions

• Parc national des Écrins - Écrins National Park is located in the French High Alps on the border with the department Isère. It was founded in 1973 and achieved in Pelvoux massif with the Barre des Écrins 4 102 m height.
• Regional Natural Park of Queyras - Queyras Regional Natural Park is in the French high Alps on the border to Italy.

• Briançon lies below the 1,850 m high Col du Montgenèvre, who was an important link between the Po Valley and the Rhône Valley depicted. - After a fire in the 17th century, the town was rebuilt and expanded as an Alpine fortress by Vauban. In 1815 the Austrian, 1940 the Italian be fended off. Since 2008 the Vauban's fortifications (citadel, Fort Salettes, Fort des Têtes, Fort you Randouillet, Pont d'Asfeld, ) to the World Heritage of UNESCO.

• Château-Queyras - is one of the villages in Queyras, a landscape on the upper reaches of the Guil. It lies in a gorge and can only be reached via Guillestre through a gorge or two high Alpine passes (Col s'Izoard, Col d'Agnel).

• Embrun - lies at 871 m above sea level on the banks of the Durance on the hill Le Roc between Gap and Briançon, near the Reservoir and bathing lake of Serre poncon. In the 4th century Embrun became the capital of the Roman province Alpes Maritimae, on the alpine road that runs from Turin over the passports in the Provence led. - Historical monuments: Franciscan monastery (former palace of the archbishop); the Tour Brune (from the 12th century); Notre Dame Cathedral (from the 12th century); Maison Chanonges (Roman house 13th century);

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• Le Monetier-les-Bains - ...

• Mont-Dauphin - ...

• Montgenèvre - ...

• Orcières-Merlette - ...

• Les Orres - ...

• Risoul - ...

• Saint-Véran - ...

• Serre-Chevalier - ...

• barrage et lac de Serre-Ponçon - ...

• Superdévoluy - ...

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• Route Napoléon - ...

activities

The department Hautes-Alpes is a paradise for mountain hikers and mountaineers. It offers something suitable for every taste and every level of fitness, from leisurely (half) day tours to multi-day mountain tours. The highlight is of course the Ecrins massif, which almost exceeds 4000m and is often referred to as the "Karakoram" of the Alps. But also around the reservoir Lac de Serre-Ponçon there are many beautiful tours that offer fantastic far and deep views. West of Gap come on the steep walls of the Céüse climbers at their own expense.

kitchen

• bleu you Queyras - Mold cheese from Queyras
• génépi du Queyras - Mountain cheese from Queyras
• fromage de chèvre - Mountain cheese made from goat's milk
• fromage de vache - Mountain cheese made from cow's milk
• croquants aux amandes - Sponge cake with almonds
• croquants aux noisettes - Sponge cake with nuts
• manne de Briançon - Pastries with larch honey
• miel du Briançonnais - Honey from the Briançonnais
• french fries golden - apple variety
• tourtons du Champsaur - deep-fried dumplings filled with goat cheese and mashed potatoes
• vin blanc or rouge de Théüs - white or red wine from Théüs

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literature

• Charles-Henri de Bossieu, Yves Garnier, Philippe Lacrouts (Ed.): Atlas départemental de la France. Larousse, 2004, ISBN 2-03-505448-6 ; 288 pages.

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