Seyne

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Seyne
Sanha
Seyne Coat of Arms
Seyne (France)
Seyne
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement Digne-les-Bains
Canton Seyne
Community association Provence-Alpes agglomeration
Coordinates 44 ° 21 ′  N , 6 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 21 ′  N , 6 ° 21 ′  E
height 1,079-2,720 m
surface 84.27 km 2
Residents 1,362 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 04140
INSEE code 04205
Website www.seynelesalpes.com

Seyne - the townscape

Seyne (also Seyne-les-Alpes called Occitan : Sanha ) is a place and a French municipality ( commune ) with 1,362 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region of Provence-Alpes French Riviera . The residents call themselves Seynois .

location

Seyne is located about 42 kilometers (driving distance) northeast of Digne-les-Bains and about 45 kilometers southeast of Gap in a high valley of the Maritime Alps at an altitude of about 1,260 m above sea level. d. The Italian border is about 45 kilometers (as the crow flies) to the east. The river Bès has its source in the municipality of Seyne .

The neighboring municipalities are Le Lauzet-Ubaye in the northeast, Méolans-Revel in the east, Le Vernet , Verdaches and Auzet in the south, Selonnet in the west and Montclar in the northwest.

Population development

year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2012
Residents 1222 1214 1287 1222 1440 1431 1419

In the 19th century the community always had between 2000 and 3000 inhabitants. The mechanization of agriculture led to a significant population decline in the first half of the 20th century, which reached its lowest point in the 1940s and 1950s.

Attractions

  • Bastion des Pénitents
  • Bellevue Chapel
  • citadel
  • Dominican monastery
  • Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth church

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Seyne

  • Seyne Valley

  • Bastion des Pénitents

  • Chapelle de Bellevue

  • citadel

  • Dominican monastery

  • Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth

Others

The rescue and recovery measures in the context of the Germanwings flight 9525 plane crash on March 24, 2015 were coordinated from the operations center set up near Seyne . The Airbus A320 with the aircraft registration D-AIPX crashed on the way from Barcelona to Düsseldorf in the area of ​​the southern neighboring municipality of Prads-Haute-Bléone in impassable mountainous terrain.

Web links

Commons : Seyne  - collection of images, videos and audio files