Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
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| region | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | |
| Department | Hautes-Alpes | |
| Arrondissement | Gap | |
| Canton | Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur (main town) | |
| Community association | Champsaur-Valgaudemar | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 41 ′ N , 6 ° 5 ′ E | |
| height | 939-2,440 m | |
| surface | 15.01 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,036 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 136 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 05500 | |
| INSEE code | 05132 | |
| Website | www.mairie-saint-bonnet.net | |
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Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur is a French commune with 2,036 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Hautes-Alpes in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ; administratively it belongs to the arrondissement Gap and is the capital of the canton of the same name Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur .
geography
The municipality is located around 60 kilometers southeast of Grenoble and on the western edge of the Écrins National Park . Neighboring communities are:
- La Motte-en-Champsaur in the north,
- Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol in the northeast,
- Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur in the east,
- Saint-Laurent-du-Cros in the southeast,
- Laye in the south,
- La Fare-en-Champsaur in the southwest,
- Poligny to the west and
- Aubessagne in the northwest.
The Drac River runs along the southern and western municipal boundaries .
history
The formerly independent municipalities of Bénévent-et-Charbillac and Les Infournas were incorporated on January 1, 2013. In the first is the Saint-Grégoire chapel , also known as the Chapelle des Pétètes, a monument historique .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2005 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 1,196 | 1,199 | 1,236 | 1,263 | 1,371 | 1,466 | 1,644 | 1,645 | 1,700 | 2,054 |
