Peyresq | |
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Part of Thorame-Haute | |
 Village of Peyresq | |
Location of Peyresq  | |
  Peyresq  Peyresq | |
| Coordinates: 44°05′52″N 6°33′22″E / 44.09778°N 6.55611°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
| Arrondissement | Castellane |
| Canton | Castellane |
| Commune | Thorame-Haute |
| Area 1 | 29 km2 (11 sq mi) |
| Population (1962) | 3 |
| • Density | 0.10/km2 (0.27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 04170 |
| Elevation | 971–2,693 m (3,186–8,835 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Peyresq (from le pays des pierres, or the land of stones)[1] is a French village in the commune of Thorame-Haute in France, perched on a rocky outcrop of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence at 1,528 metres above sea level.
- ^ (in French)Paulette Goujon-Borrély and Lucie Imbert, Peyresq : un village de Haute-Provence à la recherche des temps perdus, p 59