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 southeastern
France
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Geography
Freissinières lies in a valley which is the watershed of the Biaysse, which flows into the
Durance
The Durance (; ''Durença'' in the Occitan classical norm or ''Durènço'' in the Mistralian norm) is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long. Its drainage basin is .La Roche-de-Rame
La Roche-de-Rame (; oc, La Ròcha de Rama) 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 de ...
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From east to west, it consists of an alluvial plain of about 80 hectares, bordered on the south by a forest of conifers. On the north, the terrain is arid and rocky. However, vineyards were planted there up to 1200 m.
Near the hamlet of Meyries, the valley widens to the north, with a deciduous forest. The part of the valley called ''la Poua'', exposed to the south, was well cultivated up to the pastures near the ''col d'Anon''.
After the hamlet of Ribes, chief settlement of the commune, the valley narrows along the course of the Biaysse. Here, the soil is poor; avalanches and mudslides have covered the soil with rocks and gravel. The two little hamlets of Viollins and Mensals are situated in rare protected spots.
Then, the Biaysse is formed by the junction of two rivers : from north, the Chichin torrent cascading down from the hamlet of Dormillouse at 1727 m, and from south the river les Oules coming from the lakes of Fangeas, Faravel and Palluel. This sector is dominated by the peaks of Félix Neff (3243 m), Grand Pinier (3117 m), and Petit Pinier (3100 m), which are part of the Parc national des Écrins. South of the hamlet of Viollins, the beautiful mountain of Val-Haute is dominated by the Tête de Vautisse (3156 m).
In 2010 in the Parc National des Ecrins, Freissinières, a high altitude rock shelter with prehistoric rock paintings of animals was discovered.Walsh, K. et al. (2016). Interpreting the Rock Paintings of Abri Faravel: laser and white-light scanning at 2,133m in the southern French Alps, Internet Archaeology 42. Retrieved 26 May 2016