Alpes de Haute Provence

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a French département. Located in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence.

History

• One of the initial 83 French départements, created on March 4, 1790 as Nord de la Provence. It was later renamed Haute-Provence and Basses-Alpes.
• On December 8, 1793, the Vaucluse département was created out of parts of the Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme and Basses-Alpes départements.
• On April 13, 1970, the département of Basses-Alpes was renamed Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Geography

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a mountainous region with peaks over 8,000 feet. The climate is very dry and arid that allows for a prosperous fruit growing industry.

It borders the Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Var, Vaucluse and Drôme départements, as well as Italy.

Rivers include: Durance, Verdon, Bléone, Ubaye, Var, Buëch, Jabron, Largue.

Arrondissements and cantons

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is subdivided into 4 arrondissements, 30 cantons and 200 communes.

Arrondissement	Canton	# of communes
Barcelonnette	Barcelonnette	11
	Le Lauzet-Ubaye	5
Castellane	Allos-Colmars	6
	Annot	7
	Castellane	7
	Entrevaux	6
	Saint-André-les-Alpes	6
Digne-les-Bains	Barrême	8
	Digne-les-Bains-Est	4
	Digne-les-Bains-Ouest	10
	La Javie	6
	Les Mées	6
	Mézel	8
	Moustiers-Sainte-Marie	3
	Riez	9
	Seyne	8
	Valensole	4
Forcalquier	Banon	9
	Forcalquier	10
	Manosque-Nord	3
	Manosque-Sud-Est	3
	Manosque-Sud-Ouest	3
	La Motte-du-Caire	13
	Noyers-sur-Jabron	7
	Peyruis	4
	Reillanne	8
	Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues	8
	Sisteron	5
	Turriers	7
	Volonne	9

See also: Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département

External links

• Conseil General: website http://www.cg04.fr (in French)
• Préfecture website: http://www.alpes-de-haute-provence.pref.gouv.fr/ (in French)
• Detailed information: http://splaf.free.fr/dep.php?depnum=04 (in French)