Entrepierres

Entrepierres
region	Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Forcalquier
Canton	Sisteron
Community association	Sisteronais-Buëch
Coordinates	44 ° 13 ′ N , 6 ° 0 ′ E Coordinates: 44 ° 13 ′ N , 6 ° 0 ′ E
height	455-1,444 m
surface	47.79 km 2
Residents	379 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	8 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	04200
INSEE code	04075
	; Mairie Entrepierres

Entrepierres is a French municipality with 379 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Forcalquier and the Canton of Sisteron . The residents call themselves the Interpétasiens .

geography

Entrepierres is crossed by the Riou de Jabron and Vanson rivers . Both flow outside the municipality mark in the Durance , which touches the municipality in the southwest. The neighboring communities are

Saint-Geniez in the north,
Le Castellard-Mélan in the east,
Thoard in the southeast,
Sourribes and Salignac in the south,
Peipin in the southwest,
Sisteron in the west,
Valernes in the northwest.

In addition to the main settlement, Entrepierres also includes the hamlets of Saint-Symphorien and Vilhosc. Both have been mentioned as Sanctus Symphorianus and Vilioscum from the 11th century.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2012
Residents	135	114	136	163	205	312	389	396

Attractions

Vilhosc Priory Farm, Monument historique
Pont de la rein Jeanne, a bridge over the Vanson , monument historique near the hamlet of Saint-Symphorien, dates to the 17th and 18th centuries, 10 meters long and 2.17 m wide
Château de Briasc, dates to the 17th century
Saint-Marc church, dates back to the 17th century
Saint-Pierre des Nauds chapel
Saint-Gervais church
Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais church in Vilhosc
Saint-Saturnin de Mézien church

Château de Briasc
Pont de la rein Jeanne
Saint-Marc church

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