Originally posted 2020-08-07 06:38:25. Pierre-Châtel is a French commune located in the department of Isère, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Pierre-Châtel is crossed by the famous Route Napoléon, which was taken by Napoleon on his return from Ile D’Elba. The local features are ski resorts of Alpe du Grand Serre and…

Originally posted 2020-08-06 13:20:20. La Mure is a French commune located in the department of Isère, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. A small mid-mountain town, La Mure is the central municipality of the Plateau Matheysin. Located at an altitude of 890m, La Mure is at the heart of Dauphiné and of…

Originally posted 2020-08-06 08:42:13. Corps is a French commune located in the department of Isère, in region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Medieval village at an altitude of 937m, between Isère and Hautes-Alpes, on the famous Route Napoléon, surrounded by the Dévoluy and Ecrins massifs. Corps is a small town in the South of…

Originally posted 2020-08-06 06:53:58. La Fare-en-Champsaur is a French commune located in the department of Hautes-Alpes in area Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. It is located in the western part of Champsaur, on the left bank of the Drac, opposite Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur, leaning against the mountain of Mouttet, the advanced buttress of the Dévoluy…

Originally posted 2020-08-05 20:23:38. Gap is a French commune located in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, the capital and largest town of the Hautes-Alpes department. At a height of 750 m above sea level, it is France’s highest prefecture (departmental capital). The city is historically attached to the Dauphiné. Together with…

Originally posted 2020-08-05 10:55:06. Sisteron is a French commune, located in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. Sisteron is situated on the banks of the River Durance just after the confluence of the rivers Buëch and Sasse. It is sometimes called the “Gateway to Provence” because it…

Originally posted 2020-08-05 06:38:17. Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban is a French commune, located in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. 5th city of the Alpes de Haute-Provence, it has 5500 inhabitants. Capital of the Canton of the same name, it is the center town of the Pays Durance Provence and…

Originally posted 2020-08-04 18:59:10. L’Escale is a French commune, located in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. In history, the town was the scene of events during the wars of religion, then during the resistance of this part of Provence to Napoleon III. It experienced a rural…

Originally posted 2020-08-04 11:03:45. Malijai is a French commune, located in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. Farmers in the town are engaged in mixed farming or raising sheep. The cultivation of the olive tree has been practiced in the town for centuries, while being limited to…

Originally posted 2020-08-04 07:21:38. Digne-les-Bains is a French commune, capital of the department of Alpes de-Haute-Provence, located in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. The presence of three rivers (the Bléone, the Mardaric, and the Eaux-Chaudes, made it an ideal place for human settlement, and appreciated for its thermal waters. Located on…

Originally posted 2020-08-03 09:58:20. Castellane is a French commune, sub-prefecture of the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. With around 1,600 inhabitants, Castellane has the distinction of being the least populated sub-prefecture in France. The commune contains 7,000 acres of wood and forests. The Massif du Montdenier extends…

Originally posted 2020-08-03 07:55:39. Peyroules is a French commune, located in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. Located at the gates of the Gorges du Verdon, at the crossroads of the thematic routes of Napoleon and Lavender. La Bâtie is located mainly on a promontory. The town…

Originally posted 2020-08-03 06:40:29. Escragnolles is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Located in the hinterland of Grasse. Its twelve hamlets cover an area of 25.4 km² with an average altitude of 1000 meters. History The territory of Escragnolles has been inhabited…

Originally posted 2020-08-02 18:47:07. Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. It is located some 12 kilometres northwest of the famed perfume centre of Grasse on the D6085 highway. Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey and its surrounding area are rich in stone megaliths (particularly great…

Originally posted 2020-08-02 11:36:29. Mouans-Sartoux is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region . The commune of Sartoux was combined with the commune of Mouans, to take the combined name of Mouans-Sartoux by order of Napoleon III on 28 March 1858. A town…