Gap (Hautes-Alpes)

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Gap
Gap coat of arms
Gap (France)
Gap
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes ( prefecture )
Arrondissement Gap
Canton Gap-1 (main town)
Gap-2 (main town)
Gap-3 (main town)
Gap-4 (main town)
Community association Gap-Tallard-Durance
Coordinates 44 ° 34 '  N , 6 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 34 '  N , 6 ° 5'  E
height 625-2,360 m
surface 110.43 km 2
Residents 40,895 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 370 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 05000
INSEE code 05061
Website http://www.ville-gap.fr

Gap

Gap (debate [gap]) is the capital of the French department of Hautes-Alpes and is located in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . The municipality is the capital of the arrondissement of the same name . Gap is located in the south of the historic Dauphiné region .

Gap was named Alpine City of the Year 2002.

geography

The city is located in the southeast of France between Dauphiné and Provence, surrounded by the Dauphiné Alps and their pre-Alps, at an altitude of 750 meters, 100 km south of Grenoble and 150 km north of Aix-en-Provence . It has 40,895 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) and is located on the Luye River , which flows into the Durance from the right about 8 kilometers below Gap east of Tallard .

Ecrins National Park is northwest of Gap .

climate

Embrun
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Source: http://www.meteofrance.com/previsions-meteo-france/gap/05000
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Embrun
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Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 6.8 8.4 12.4 15.2 19.7 23.8 27.3 27.0 22.3 17.1 10.8 7.1 O 16.5
Min. Temperature (° C) -2.8 -2.5 0.6 3.4 7.5 10.6 13.1 12.9 9.6 6.2 1.1 -1.7 O 4.9
Precipitation ( mm ) 51.9 45.1 50.1 61.2 68.0 61.0 46.8 51.9 69.0 85.5 69.0 66.7 Σ 726.2
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 5.2 6.4 7.3 6.9 7.2 8.9 9.4 8.7 7.6 5.8 4.8 4.5 O 6.9
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history

In Roman times , Gap was called Vapincum and was the location of a troop camp.

Gap has been a bishopric since the 5th century.

In 1577 and 1692 the city suffered from military attacks and was sacked after its conquest.

On the evening of March 5, 1815, Napoléon Bonaparte arrived in Gap while he was returning from Elba via the Route Napoléon ( N 85 ) named after him . In 1875 the railway from Grenoble reached the city, which was extended to Briançon in the years up to 1884 .

Population development

year 1806 1856 1906 1926 1946 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 8,891 8,912 10,823 10,660 16,371 17,317 20,953 24,571 28,233 30,676 33,444 36,261 37,785 40,805

Cityscape and architecture

City structure

Gap is located on the north-south axis of the N 85 , which once crossed here with the N 544 / N 94 . The N 544 coming from the west is now stepped to the D 944. This historically important crossroads is now the Place Jean Marcellin with the Rue de Mazel / Rue Elisée with the Rue de France. The old town of Gap is located around the Place Jean Marcellin, the cathedral built to the west of it and the Place de la République, a little further to the north, built in the early 20th century . Today's major roads run northwest and southeast around this historic city center. The urban development outside of it is already part of the urban landscape . The train station is a little northeast of the old town center.

Directly on the modern ring road south of the old town are the Hopital de Gap , to the north the Lycée Dominique Villars de GAP with the Bibliothèque du Pôle universitaire de Gap and to the east the ice rink Stade de Glace Alp Arena and the Musée museum départemental des Hautes-Alpes .

Gap is the seat of the diocese of Gap and Embrun with the cathedral church of Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Arnoux , consecrated in 1895 (second patronage after Bishop Arnulf von Gap ) and the prefecture of the department of Hautes-Alpes.

The city has been connected to the railway network since 1875. The city is on the route from Veynes to Briançon . The main road N85 , a section of the Route Napoleon , leads over the Col Bayard mountain pass at 1248 meters into the Drac valley and to Grenoble .

The Spital Polyclinique des Alpes du Sud , formerly CHICAS, is located in Gap. Gap-Tallard Airport is about 12 kilometers south of the city . The 30-kilometer-long Gap Canal carries drinking water from the Drac through a canal tunnel under the Col de Manse mountain pass to the city and is used for irrigation in the Luyetal southwest of Gap.

Noteworthy structures

Only six secular structures are included in the local list of monuments. In addition to the oldest entry from 1906 with the cathedral , the second sacred building is the St-Cœur-de-Marie chapel (1990), built in 1854/57 ; plus twenty parks or gardens.

building address Type Remarkable Year of construction Advisory Board Protection position style public Ref no.
Hotel de ville Rue de Provence town hall Facade with balcony and external stairs with forged railings 1697 local community 11/29/1948 Yes PA00080569
Domaine de Charance lock Garden, park, mill, cooling cellar, sawmill, utility rooms, enclosure, fountain, pool with waterfall, boat shed, garden grotto 18th / 19th century local community 09/08/1987 Yes PA00080568
Profane building 7, rue Cyprien-Chaix Roof truss 1885 Private 09/19/1989 Neo-Gothic, painting possibly by Philibert Florence No PA00080642
Slaughterhouse Industrial building Loading systems, cold stores, storage rooms, offices 1937 local community 06/03/2005 No IA05001052
Dairy industry cooperative building Rue des Silos Industrial building 1958 Private 03/12/2007 Concrete, steel No IA05001050
Manoir de Kapados Manor house Terrace, garden, basin, fountain, stage, grave, beekeeping, porch, lounge, dining room, hall, view, roofing, interior 1882 Private 12/10/2015 No PA00080570

Other formative buildings within the old town ring such as the Piscine de la République are not on this list. The construction work to erect the building, which began in March 1914 according to plans by the architect Hippolyte Couttetar , was interrupted on August 2 due to mobilization for the First World War and could only be resumed on July 19, 1919. Due to the rise in construction costs due to the war and the subsequent inflation, the pool was only opened on July 5, 1924. From 1934 to 1936 Gap's first swimming pool was built and had direct access from the neighboring high school.

Varia

  • The start and finish points of stages of the Tour de France were several times in Gap .
  • The cheese specialty Le Gapençais is produced in the region .

Town twinning

Gap is connected by town twinning with Traunstein in Bavaria (Germany) and Pinerolo in Piedmont (Italy).

Personalities

and display information about the image
Panorama of Gap with the Lycée Dominique Villars.

Web links

Commons : Gap  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monuments historiques , Culture de France