Val-des-Prés (; ) is a
commune in the
Hautes-Alpes
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department in southeastern
France
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.
It is situated in the
Clarée Valley.
Population
Personalities
The village was the home of
Émilie Carles
Émilie Carles (29 May 1900 – 29 July 1979) was a French writer and activist.
Biography
Marie Julie Émilie Allais was born in Val-des-Prés on 29 May 1900. Her parents were small farmers in a mountainous region. Her mother died when she was ...
who wrote her memoir ''A Wild Herb Soup'' (or ''A Life of her Own'', original French: ''Une Soupe aux herbes sauvages'') (1977) describing life in the village in the early and mid 20th century.
See also
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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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References
Communes of Hautes-Alpes
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