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Serre-Ponçon lake
The Savines bridge
Information
Country	France
Region (s)	High mountains Alpes de Haute Provence
Bowl	Durance basin
Food	Durance, Ubaye
Emissary	Durance
Area	28,2 km²
Maximum depth	90 m
Altitude	780 m
He is)	4
Location
44 ° 29 ′ 43 ″ N 6 ° 22 ′ 33 ″ E
Touristic site
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the Serre-Ponçon lake is a lake of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurHigh mountains in France.

Understand

Lake Serre-Ponçon is an artificial lake located in the south of the French Alps, straddling the departments of High mountains and Alpes de Haute Provence. It was created in 1959 by the construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Durance, two kilometers downstream from its confluence with the Ubaye. The establishment of the lake required the displacement of more than a thousand people and the destruction of more than 400 buildings. Two villages disappear under the water, Savines and Ubaye, the latter not being rebuilt.

To go

Lake Serre-Ponçon is accessible by the national road N94, since Gap Where Embrun, as well as the departmental road D4, since Tallard. The tour of the lake can be done by car, via several departmental roads.

Circulate

To see

Do

Hiking

Several hikes are possible around the lake, for all levels, family, sports, mountain biking, on foot.

• 44.5252926.4013391 Serre-Verger circuit  – This mountain bike tour is of medium difficulty, lasting an estimated 2 hours. This is a 10 km loop, with a vertical drop of 466 meters, starting from Savines-le-Lac. (last updated Apr 2021)

Boating

Several nautical activities are possible on the lake, in particular swimming, from the beaches, or yachting, via the ports:

• 44.4668516.3245092 Port Saint-Pierre (The Sauze-du-Lac)  (last updated March 2021)
• Port of Saint-Michel bay (Chorges)  (last updated March 2021)
• 44.525076.3997513 Port of Savines-le-Lac  (last updated Apr 2021)
• 44.4766896.2756934 Old wood beach and pool (Rousset) ,   33 4 92 44 33 44 – This nautical base offers swimming from the square or via a floating swimming pool. It is possible to rent canoes, boats without a license, jet-ski, wake-board, towed buoys. (last updated March 2021)

• 44.5285856.4058025 Combette beach (Savines-le-Lac)  – This beach labeled blue flag since 2015 has a first aid station in the summer season. (last updated March 2021)

• 44.5009286.3053376 Apple tree beach (Bay Saint-Michel)  – A sailing school and a water-ski school are present on this beach, which also has a boat-promenade pier, and an aquapark. Supervised swimming in the summer season. (last updated March 2021)
• 44.5486746.4715917 North beach of the Embrun lake  – This base has a summer monitoring station. The beach is labeled Blue Flag. In addition to the nautical activities of kayaking, rowing, sailing and windsurfing, pedal boating, the site is equipped with mini golf, tennis and a municipal swimming pool with its water slide. (last updated March 2021)

To buy

Eat

Have a drink / Go out

Housing

Communicate

Manage the day-to-day

Security

Around

• 44.4565756.2955951 The Béole (Municipality Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon)  (last updated March 2021)
• 44.5460746.2761122 Chorges  (last updated March 2021)
• 44.534396.4694883 Crots  (last updated March 2021)
• 44.5656.4952784 Embrun  (last updated March 2021)
• 44.4671116.2258155 Espinasse  (last updated March 2021)
• 44.5036376.3576946 Pontis  (last updated March 2021)
• 44.5436896.3254217 Plum trees  (last updated March 2021)
• 44.5570236.4368948 Puy-Sanières  (last updated March 2021)
• 44.4775856.2478739 Rousset  (last updated March 2021)
• 44.445736.37292910 Saint-Vincent-les-Forts (Municipality of Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon)  (last updated March 2021)
• 44.4783196.31499311 The Sauze-du-Lac  (last updated March 2021)
• 44.5251816.40417112 Savines-le-Lac  (last updated March 2021)