Hautes-Alpes (France)
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Name (Hebrew)
הוט אלפ (צרפת)
Name (Latin)
Hautes-Alpes (France)
Other forms of name
Alpes, Hautes- (France)
Auts Aups (France)
nnaa Alpes, Hautes-, France (Dept.)
Coordinates
6.333333333 6.333333333 44.66666667 44.66666667 (gooearth )
E0063000 E0063000 N0444000 N0444000 (geonames )
Associated country
France
Associated Language
fre
See Also From tracing place name
Dauphiné (France)
Biographical or Historical Data
When the departmental system was installed in France in 1790, the province of Dauphiné was divided into the départements of Hautes-Alpes, Isère, and Drôme.
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Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm2; 44°40ʹ00ʺN 006°30ʹ00ʺE)
- Wikipedia, March 12, 2013(Hautes-Alpes (Occitan: Auts Aups) is a department in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range. 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. The department is surrounded by the departments of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Drôme, Isère, and Savoie. Italy borders it on the east)