Abriès

Abriès
local community	Abriès-Ristolas
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Briançon
Coordinates	44 ° 48 ' N , 6 ° 56' E Coordinates: 44 ° 48 ' N , 6 ° 56' E
Post Code	05460
Former INSEE code	05001
Incorporation	1st January 2019
status	Commune déléguée
	; Old market hall - today Abriès Tourist Office

Abriès is a village and a former French community with 299 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Alpes in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belonged to the Arrondissement Briançon and the community association Guillestrois et Queyras .

With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Abriès and Ristolas were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Abriès-Ristolas and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Abriès.

geography

View of Abriès

The former municipality comprised part of the Cottian Alps , the ridge of which forms the northern and eastern municipal boundaries and the border between France and Italy . The peaks of the Alpine ridge reach heights of 3302 m ( Bric Froid ) and 3293 m ( Grand Glaiza ). The area around Abriès in the Queyras Regional Nature Park is drained by the Guil , which receives numerous mountain streams ( Goulon, Bouchet ).

The districts of La Garcine, Le Roux and Valpreveyre belong to Abriès .

Neighboring towns of Abriès are Sestriere (Italy) in the north, Bobbio Pellice (Italy) in the east, Ristolas in the southeast and Aiguilles in the south and west.