Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

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

Table of contents

1 History 2 Geography 3 Arrondissements and cantons 4 Economy 5 Demographics 6 Culture 7 Miscellaneous topics 8 External links

History

• One of the initial 83 French d?artements, 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 d?artement was created out of parts of the Bouches-du-Rh?e, Dr?e and Basses-Alpes d?artements.
• On April 13, 1970, the d?artement of Basses-Alpes was renamed Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

It borders the Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Var, Vaucluse and Dr?e d?artements, as well as Italy.

Rivers include: Durance, Verdon, Bl?ne, Ubaye, Var, Bu?h, Jabron, Largue.

Arrondissements and cantons

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is subdivided into 4 arrondissements, 30 cantonss 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-Andr?les-Alpes	6
Digne-les-Bains	Barr?e	8
	Digne-les-Bains-Est	4
	Digne-les-Bains-Ouest	10
	La Javie	6
	Les M?s	6
	M?el	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-?ienne-les-Orgues	8
	Sisteron	5
	Turriers	7
	Volonne	9

See also: Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence d?artement

External links

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