Hautes-Alpes (Department, France)

Last modified: 2002-01-18 by ivan sache
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Administrative data

Code: 05
Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Traditional province: Dauphiné
Bordering departments: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Drôme, Isère, Savoie
Bordering country: Italy (province of Piemonte)

Area: 5,549 km²
Population (1995): 118, 800 inhabitants

Préfecture: Gap
Sous-préfecture: Briançon
Subdivisions: 2 arrondissements, 30 cantons, 175 communes.

The deparment is named "Upper-Alps" after the Alps mountains.