LC control no. | n 81022471 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Geographic heading | Hautes-Alpes (France) |
Geographic subdivision usage | France--Hautes-Alpes |
Variant(s) | Alpes, Hautes- (France) Auts Aups (France) |
See also | Dauphiné (France) |
Beginning date | 17900304 |
Associated country | France |
Found in | GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 44°40ʹ00ʺN 006°30ʹ00ʺE) Wikipedia, March 12, 2013 (Hautes-Alpes (Occitan: Auts Aups) is a department in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range. Hautes-Alpes is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It consists of the southeast of the former province of Dauphiné and the north of Provence. The department is surrounded by the departments of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Drôme, Isère, and Savoie. Italy borders it on the east) |
Associated language | fre |