The arrondissement of Gap is an

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of France in the

Hautes-Alpes Hautes-Alpes (; oc, Auts Aups; en, 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 ...

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in the

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its pref ...

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. It has 126

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. Its population is 105,841 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Gap, and their

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s, are: # Ancelle (05004) # Aspremont (05008) # Aspres-lès-Corps (05009) # Aspres-sur-Buëch (05010) # Aubessagne (05039) # Avançon (05011) # Baratier (05012) # Barcillonnette (05013) #

Barret-sur-Méouge Barret-sur-Méouge (, literally ''Barret on Méouge''; oc, Barret sus Meüja) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It is located at the start of the 'Gorges de la Méouge' on the Méouge river. Population See a ...

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La Bâtie-Montsaléon La Bâtie-Montsaléon (; oc, La Bastia Montsaleon) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It is notable for being the location of the Battle of Mons Seleucus in 353, when Constantius II defeated the usurper Magnenti ...

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La Bâtie-Neuve La Bâtie-Neuve (; oc, La Bastia Nòva) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Location The village is away from La Bâtie-Vieille. It is close to Gap. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes departm ...

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La Bâtie-Vieille La Bâtie-Vieille (; oc, La Bastia Vielha) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Location The village is away from La Bâtie-Neuve, 8 km from Gap, from Chorges and from Tallard. Population See also * ...

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La Beaume La Beaume (; oc, La Bauma) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 communes of the Hautes-Alpes department of Fran ...

(05019) # Le Bersac (05021) # Bréziers (05022) # Buissard (05025) # Chabestan (05028) # Chabottes (05029) # Champoléon (05032) # Chanousse (05033) # La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar (05064) # Châteauneuf-d'Oze (05035) #

Châteauroux-les-Alpes Châteauroux-les-Alpes (; oc, Chasteurós los Aups), locally known as Châteauroux (), is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department, administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of th ...

(05036) # Châteauvieux (05037) #

Chorges Chorges (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Chorge'') is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It is close to Gap. The name ''Chorges'' derives from Latin ''Catorimagus'', itself coming from the Alpine tribe of the Caturiges in the an ...

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Crévoux Crévoux (; oc, Crevós) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 communes of the Hautes-Alpes department of France ...

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Crots Crots (; oc, Las Cròtas) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. The territory of the commune belongs to the Écrins National Park. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is ...

(05045) # Dévoluy (05139) # Embrun (05046) # Éourres (05047) # L'Épine (05048) # Esparron (05049) #

Espinasses Espinasses () is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 communes of the Hautes-Alpes department of France. The commu ...

(05050) # Étoile-Saint-Cyrice (05051) # La Fare-en-Champsaur (05054) # La Faurie (05055) # Forest-Saint-Julien (05056) # Fouillouse (05057) # La Freissinouse (05059) # Furmeyer (05060) # Gap (05061) #

Garde-Colombe Garde-Colombe (Vivaro-Alpine: ''Garda Colomba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department of southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Eyguians, Lagrand and Saint-Genis. ...

(05053) # Le Glaizil (05062) #

La Haute-Beaume La Haute-Beaume (; oc, La Bauma Auta) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 communes of the Hautes-Alpes departm ...

(05066) # Jarjayes (05068) #

Laragne-Montéglin Laragne-Montéglin (; oc, L'Aranha Montaiglin) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Geography Climate Laragne-Montéglin has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). The average annual temp ...

(05070) # Lardier-et-Valença (05071) # Laye (05072) # Lazer (05073) # Lettret (05074) # Manteyer (05075) # Méreuil (05076) # Monêtier-Allemont (05078) # Montbrand (05080) # Montclus (05081) # Montgardin (05084) # Montjay (05086) # Montmaur (05087) # Montrond (05089) # La Motte-en-Champsaur (05090) # Moydans (05091) # Neffes (05092) # Nossage-et-Bénévent (05094) # Le Noyer (05095) #

Orcières Orcières () is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 communes of the Hautes-Alpes department of France. The commu ...

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Orpierre Orpierre (; oc, Aurpèira) is a Communes of France, commune in the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France, department in southeastern France. The village has multiple venues for sport climbing nearby; one is directly to the north of the village. Po ...

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Les Orres Les Orres (; oc, Los Uèris) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It is chiefly known for its ski resort: 38 alpine skiing runs, of runs. Geography Climate Les Orres has a humid continental climate (Köppen clima ...

(05098) #

Oze Oze may refer to: People * Akira Oze (born 1947), Japanese manga artist * Hiroyuki Oze (1985–2010), Japanese baseball player * Lajos Őze (1935–1984), Hungarian actor Places * Oze, Hautes-Alpes, France * Oze National Park, Japan * Oze River, ...

(05099) # Pelleautier (05100) # La Piarre (05102) # Le Poët (05103) # Poligny (05104) # Prunières (05106) # Puy-Saint-Eusèbe (05108) # Puy-Sanières (05111) # Rabou (05112) # Rambaud (05113) # Réallon (05114) #

Remollon Remollon (; oc, Remolon) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 communes of the Hautes-Alpes department of Franc ...

(05115) # Ribeyret (05117) #

Rochebrune Rochebrune may refer to the following places in France: * Rochebrune, Hautes-Alpes, a commune in the department of Hautes-Alpes * Rochebrune, Drôme, a commune in the department of Drôme * Pic de Rochebrune, a mountain of Cottian Alps * Pic de P ...

(05121) # La Roche-des-Arnauds (05123) # La Rochette (05124) # Rosans (05126) # Rousset (05127) #

Saint-André-d'Embrun Saint-André-d'Embrun (, literally ''Saint-André of Embrun''; oc, Sant Andreu d'Ambrun) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Surrounded by the towns of Chateauroux-les-Alpes, Embrun and Crévoux, Saint-André-d' ...

(05128) # Saint-André-de-Rosans (05129) # Saint-Apollinaire (05130) # Saint-Auban-d'Oze (05131) #

Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur is a Communes of France, commune in the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France, department in southeastern France. It was expanded in January 2013, following the merger of the former communes of Bénévent-et-Charbillac and L ...

(05132) # Sainte-Colombe (05135) #

Saint-Étienne-le-Laus Saint-Étienne-le-Laus (Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Estève lo Laus'') is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. History Besides being a popular vacation spot, the region is probably best known for the lengthy series of Marian ...

(05140) # Saint-Firmin (05142) #

Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard (Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Jaume en Gaudemar'') is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 com ...

(05144) # Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas (05145) # Saint-Julien-en-Beauchêne (05146) #

Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur (Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Julian de Champsaur'') is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population Notable residents Vivian Maier Street photographer Vivian Maier lived and photographed in ...

(05147) # Saint-Laurent-du-Cros (05148) # Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes (05149) # Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard (05152) #

Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol (; Occitan: Sant Michèu de Chalhòl), commonly known as Chaillol, is a commune in the French department of Hautes-Alpes, region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the ...

(05153) #

Saint-Pierre-Avez Saint-Pierre-Avez ( Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Peire Avez'') is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 communes of the ...

(05155) # Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon (05154) #

Saint-Sauveur Saint-Sauveur or St Sauveur (French for "Holy Savior") may refer to: Places Canada * Saint-Sauveur, New Brunswick * Saint-Sauveur, Quebec * Saint-Sauveur (electoral district), a former provincial electoral district in Quebec * Saint-Sauveur, Queb ...

(05156) # Le Saix (05158) # Saléon (05159) # Salérans (05160) # La Saulce (05162) # Le Sauze-du-Lac (05163) # Savines-le-Lac (05164) # Savournon (05165) #

Serres Sérres ( el, Σέρρες ) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki. Serres is one of the administrative and economic centers of Northe ...

(05166) # Sigottier (05167) # Sigoyer (05168) # Sorbiers (05169) #

Tallard Tallard (; oc, Talard) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Location Tallard is to the south of Gap, close to the road from Gap to Marseille. The motorway A51 ends ju ...

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Théus Théus is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 communes of the Hautes-Alpes department of France. The communes co ...

(05171) # Trescléoux (05172) #

Upaix Upaix (; oc, Upàis) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Administration Mayors: * 2008–2014: Charles Aillaud * 2014–2020: Abel Jouve * 2020–2026: Florent Martin Population See also *Communes of the Hau ...

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Val Buëch-Méouge Val Buëch-Méouge () is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department of southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Ribiers, Châteauneuf-de-Chabre and Antonaves.Valdoule (05024) # Valserres (05176) # Ventavon (05178) # Veynes (05179) # Villar-Loubière (05182) # Vitrolles (05184)

History

The arrondissement of Gap was created in 1800.Historique des Hautes-Alpes
/ref> As a result of the reorganisation of the

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which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Gap were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 05 Hautes-Alpes
INSEE # Aspres-sur-Buëch # Barcillonnette #

# Embrun # Gap-Campagne # Gap-Centre # Gap-Nord-Est # Gap-Nord-Ouest # Gap-Sud-Est # Gap-Sud-Ouest #

Ribiers Ribiers () is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Val Buëch-Méouge.Rosans #

# Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy # Saint-Firmin # Savines-le-Lac #

# Veynes

References

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