Larche (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''L'Archa'') is a former commune in the

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (sometimes abbreviated as AHP; ; ; ), formerly until 1970 known as Basses-Alpes (, ), is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France, bordering Alpes-Maritimes and Italy to the east, Var to the sou ...

department in southeastern

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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Val-d'Oronaye.Arrêté préfectoral
14 December 2015

Geography

It lies on the northwestern foot of the Maddalena Pass, called ''Col de Larche'' in French.

Geography

Population

See also