Saint-Véran

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Saint-Véran
Saint-Véran coat of arms
Saint-Véran (France)
Saint-Véran
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement Briançon
Canton Guillestre
Community association Guillestrois et Queyras
Coordinates 44 ° 42 ′  N , 6 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 42 ′  N , 6 ° 52 ′  E
height 1,756-3,175 m
surface 44.75 km 2
Residents 236 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 5 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 05350
INSEE code 05157

Ski area above Saint-Véran

Saint-Véran is a French municipality with 236 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Hautes-Alpes in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Briançon and the Canton of Guillestre . The former canton of Aiguilles was abandoned in March 2015. Saint-Véran is classified as one of the Plus beaux villages de France ( Most Beautiful Villages in France ).

geography

The ski resort is 49 kilometers southeast of Briançon , in the Queyra countryside near the Italian border. With an altitude of 2040 meters, Saint-Véran is the highest municipality in Europe, the church and the town hall are at 2,042 meters. (Individual settlements, such as the hamlet of Juf in Switzerland, are even higher, but are not politically independent municipalities.) The entire municipal area extends from 1,756 to 3,175 meters.

The place is located in the center of the Queyras Regional Nature Park .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
236 220 232 275 257 267 286 236

coat of arms

Description of coat of arms : In green, a black, red-tongued and red-standed eagle with black weapons .

Attractions

  • The church in the village center is a national monument. The two lion sculptures on the facade are striking. One of the lions has a small child between its paws. Inside, the visitor will find some wooden statues that were created by locals and the majority represent saints.
  • Scattered around the village are about twenty wall sundials from the Renaissance period.
  • An observatory was built in 1974 and has been available to recreational astronomers since 1990.
  • A museum about rural life in the 19th and 20th centuries is housed in an old log cabin.

  • Protestant Church

  • Capitals at the entrance to the church

  • Lion sculpture

tourism

Thanks to a ski area, the alpine village now lives mainly from winter sports tourism.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Véran  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saint-Véran on Les plus Beaux Villages de France (French)