Prads-Haute-Bléone
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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 ° 13 ' N , 6 ° 27' E | |
| height | 831-2,961 m | |
| surface | 165.64 km 2 | |
| Residents | 182 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1 inhabitant / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 04420 | |
| INSEE code | 04155 | |
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Prads-Haute-Bléone is a French municipality with 182 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 canton of Seyne in the Arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains . The residents call themselves Pradins .
Today's municipality was created through the merger of the older villages of Prads and Mariaud in 1973 and their merger with Blégiers in 1977.
geography
The municipality borders on Méolans-Revel to the north, Allos to the north-east, Villars-Colmars to the east, Thorame-Basse to the south-east, Draix to the south, La Javie to the south-west, Beaujeu to the west and Le Vernet to the north-west . Around 7,500 hectares of the municipality mark are forested.
Surveys
- Tete de l'Estrop
- Tete Noir
- Le Caduc
- Col de Talon
Waters
In the municipality of Prads-Haute-Bléone the river rises Bléone , a tributary of the Durance .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 105 | 111 | 119 | 151 | 180 | 145 | 170 | 186 |
language
The municipality is located in the language area of the old North Occitan language Vivaro-Alpine .
Plane crash in 2015
On March 24, 2015, a plane crash occurred in the area of the municipality. 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.
Church buildings
- Notre-Dame de Beauvezer de Champourçin
- Notre-Dame de Blégiers
- Saint-Etienne de Mariaud
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Chanolles
- Saint-Laurent de Chavailles
- Sainte-Anne
The Mairie
Memorial plaque for the victims of the First World War in Chavailles
Saint Laurent church in Chavailles
