Laragne-Montéglin
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Hautes-Alpes | |
| Arrondissement | Gap | |
| Canton | Laragne-Montéglin (main town) | |
| Community association | Sisteronais-Buëch | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 19 ′ N , 5 ° 49 ′ E | |
| height | 544-1,240 m | |
| surface | 23.51 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,511 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 149 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 05300 | |
| INSEE code | 05070 | |
| Website | http://www.laragne.net/ | |
 View of Laragne-Montéglin |
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Laragne-Montéglin is a commune in the department of Hautes-Alpes in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs administratively to the Arrondissement Gap and is the main town (chief lieu) of the canton Laragne-Montéglin .
geography
The municipality is located around 35 kilometers southwest of Gap and 40 kilometers northwest of Digne-les-Bains on the border with the neighboring Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department . Neighboring municipalities are Garde-Colombe with Saint-Genis in the north, Lazer in the northeast, Upaix in the east, Mison in the southeast (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), Val Buëch-Méouge with Châteauneuf-de-Chabre in the south, Saléon in the west and Eyguians in the northwest.
The place is on the left bank of the Buëch river , at the confluence of its tributary Véragne .
Transport links
The community is accessed by the D1075 departmental road, which follows the Buëch river from Sisteron and finally leads to Grenoble . The railway line from Marseille to Grenoble also follows this route and has a stop in Laragne-Montéglin.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2008 | 2017 |
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| 2998 | 3579 | 3847 | 3647 | 3371 | 3296 | 3484 | 3532 | 3511 |
Attractions
- Château de Laragne , 17th century castle - Monument historique around which the village grew. Laragne (1429 as "Aranea", Latin for "spider", mentioned in a document) was a baron's estate in the 15th century and had an inn "zur Spinne" (in the French dialect aragna ).
Personalities
- Albert Spaggiari (1932–1989), burglar
- Pierre Bini (1923–1991), football player
Parish partnership
- Canepina (Italy)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Château de Laragne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ Johann Jakob Egli : Nomina geographica. Language and factual explanation of 42,000 geographical names of all regions of the world. Friedrich Brandstetter, 2nd edition, Leipzig 1893, p. 526