commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
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 ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in
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 ...
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
in southeastern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. It is the result of the merger, on 1 January 2013, of the four communes of
Agnières-en-Dévoluy
Agnières-en-Dévoluy (Vivaro-Alpine: ''Anhera de Devolui'') is a former commune of the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Mountainous, to the west is Rocher Rond. On 1 January 2013, Agnières-en-Dévoluy, La Cluse, Saint-Disdier, a ...
,
La Cluse
La Cluse (Vivaro-Alpine: ''La Clusa'') is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2013, Agnières-en-Dévoluy, La Cluse, Saint-Disdier, and Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy amalgamated into the new commune ...
,
Saint-Disdier
Saint-Disdier (Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Disdier'') is a former commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2013, Agnières-en-Dévoluy, La Cluse, Saint-Disdier, and Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy amalgamated into the new c ...
ski resort
A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area – a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In North ...
, is part of the commune.
Population
Geography
Location
Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy is located northeast of the railroad hub of
Veynes
Veynes (; oc, Vèina) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It developed largely as a minor rail hub, at the crossing of two lines.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department
The following is a ...
.
At 18,637 hectares, it is the second-largest commune in the area, right behind
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 ...
.
Terrain and Geology
The town covers the entirety of the Dévoluy range.
Dévoluy is known for its numerous underground cavities, the '' chourums'' , and its suitability for ''
speleology
Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, as well as their make-up, structure, physical properties, history, life forms, and the processes by which they form (speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology). ...
''.
The European larch, or common larch (''
Larix decidua
''Larix decidua'', the European larch, is a species of larch native to the mountains of central Europe, in the Alps and Carpathian Mountains as well as the Pyrenees, with disjunct lowland populations in northern Poland and southern Lithuania. It ...