The
canton of Briançon-2 (before March 2015: ''Briançon-Nord'') is an administrative division in southeastern
France
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. It consists of the eastern part of the commune of
Briançon
Briançon (, ) is the sole Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It is the highest city in France at an a ...
(a larger part than in the former canton of Briançon-Nord) and its northeastern suburbs.
[Décret n° 2014-193 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Hautes-Alpes]
/ref> It includes the following communes
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:
*Briançon
Briançon (, ) is the sole Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It is the highest city in France at an a ...
(partly)
*Montgenèvre
Montgenèvre (; oc, Montginebre; Italian: ''Monginevro'') is a commune on the Italian border in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 456.
Geography
Mon ...
*Névache
Névache (; oc, Nevascha ) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.
Geography
It is situated in the Vallée de la Clarée.
Climate
Névache has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfb''). T ...
*Val-des-Prés
Val-des-Prés (; oc, Vau dels Prats) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.
It is situated in the Clarée Valley.
Population
Personalities
The village was the home of Émilie Carles who wrote her memoir ''A Wil ...
Demographics
See also
*Cantons of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 15 cantons of the Hautes-Alpes department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
* L'Argentière-la-Bessée
* Briançon-1
* Briançon-2
* Chorges
* Embrun
* Ga ...
References
Cantons of Hautes-Alpes
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