Hautes-Alpes

Hautes-Alpes
Auts Aups (Occitan)
Top down, left to right: Massif des Cerces, prefecture building in Gap, Barre des Écrins, Lac de Serre-Ponçon and waterfall in the Vallée de la Clarée
Flag of Hautes-Alpes
Coat of arms of Hautes-Alpes
Location of Hautes-Alpes in France
Location of Hautes-Alpes in France
Coordinates: 44°40′N 6°20′E / 44.667°N 6.333°E / 44.667; 6.333
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
PrefectureGap
SubprefecturesBriançon
Government
 • President of the Departmental CouncilJean-Marie Bernard[1] (LR)
Area
 • Total5,549 km2 (2,142 sq mi)
Elevation
1,665 m (5,463 ft)
Highest elevation
4,101 m (13,455 ft)
Lowest elevation
470 m (1,540 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total140,976
 • Rank100th
 • Density25/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number05
Arrondissements2
Cantons15
Communes162
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Hautes-Alpes (French pronunciation: [ot.z‿alp] ; Occitan: Auts Aups; English: Upper Alps) is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. It is located in the heart of the French Alps, after which it is named. Hautes-Alpes had a population of 141,220 as of 2019,[3] which makes it the third least populated French department. Its prefecture is Gap; its sole subprefecture is Briançon. Its INSEE and postal code is 05.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Populations légales 2019: 05 Hautes-Alpes, INSEE