This is the next instalment of a monthly feature going
through the 95 Departments of France in numerical (and mostly alpha)order to
check out things of interest. I hope you enjoy it
Location –
This is one of the original 83 departments created during the French
Revolution. It is in the South
East. It is sparsely populated.
Flag
Prefecture –
Gap – the highest Prefecture in France
Signature
foods – Potato or spinach fritters, Sweet fritters with
prunes, tomme (cheese)
Places
to visit – Queyras Valley, Serre Chevalier (skiing),
Briancon, Lake Serre-Poncon (large artificial lake)
Famous
people from Hautes-Alpes – Jean-Louis Pons (astronomer)
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