Le Vernet (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | |
| Arrondissement | Digne-les-Bains | |
| Canton | Seyne | |
| Community association | Provence-Alpes agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 17 ' N , 6 ° 23' E | |
| height | 1,153-2,642 m | |
| surface | 23.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 129 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 6 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 04140 | |
| INSEE code | 04237 | |
Le Vernet is a French municipality with 129 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 Digne-les-Bains and the Canton of Seyne . The inhabitants call themselves the Vernetois or Vernetiers .
geography
The community is located in the French Maritime Alps . It borders in the north on Seyne , in the northeast on Méolans-Revel (point of contact), in the east on Prads-Haute-Bléone , in the south on Beaujeu and in the west on Verdaches . The center of the village lies at 1200 m in the valley of the river Bès . The Pic des Têtes is a 2642 m high mountain in the municipality and marks its highest point. 689 hectares of Le Vernet are forested.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 85 | 180 | 140 | 63 | 110 | 104 | 126 | 130 |
Attractions
- Oratory Saint-Roch
- Saint-Pancrade Chapel, former pastoral church, destroyed during the Wars of Religion and rebuilt in the 20th century
- Saint-Martin and Sainte-Marthe churches, both built in the 19th century
Sainte-Marthe Church
Bridge over the Bès
Born in Le Vernet
- Antoine Laurent Jessé Bayle (1799–1858), psychiatrist and brain researcher
- Gaspard-Laurent Bayle (1774-1816), French medic
Plane crash in 2015
On March 24, 2015, a plane crash occurred near the municipality of Le Vernet . An Airbus A320 of the airline Germanwings with the flight number 4U9525 crashed in the Massif des Trois-Évêchés . All 144 passengers and 6 crew members were killed. Since the crash site is difficult to access in the district of neighboring Prads-Haute-Bléone , the memorial is located in the cemetery of Le Vernet.
Individual evidence
- ^ Silent memory of the crash at tagesschau.de
