Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
French department
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Summary
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a department of France[1].
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[2]
- Country: France[3]
- Head of government: René Massette[4]
- Capital: Digne-les-Bains[5]
- Shares border with: Hautes-Alpes[6], Drôme[7], Vaucluse[8], Var[9], Alpes-Maritimes[10], Piedmont[11], Province of Cuneo[12]
- Named after: Alps[13], Provence[14]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Barcelonnette[15], arrondissement of Castellane[16], arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains[17], arrondissement of Forcalquier[18]
- Inception: March 4, 1790[19]
- Highest point: Aiguille de Chambeyron[20]
- Official website: https://www.alpes-de-haute-provence.gouv.fr/[21], https://www.mondepartement04.fr/[22]
- Population: 160,959[23], 161,799[24], 163,915[25], 164,068[26], 164,308[27], 165,451[28], 166,077[29], 139,132[30], 136,166[31], 129,404[32], 167,179[33], 168,054[34]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[35]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[36], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[37], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[41]
- Official name: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence[42]
- List of monuments: Liste der Monuments historiques im Département Alpes-de-Haute-Provence[43]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence include 7755 Haute-Provence[44], an asteroid[45].
Why It Matters
Entities named for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence include 7755 Haute-Provence[44], an asteroid[45].