Villar-d'Arêne (; ) is a
commune in the
Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern
France
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, between
Grenoble
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and
Briançon
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. It is in the
French Alps, in
Massif des Écrins. Near this village located in the
Romanche valley, there is
La Grave and
Col du Lautaret. The access of the valley and its communes is departmental route 1091 (ex-
national route 91) (Grenoble –
Le Bourg-d'Oisans – Briançon).
Climate
Population
Sights
*
mountains as Massif des Ecrins,
La Meije
*
Écrins National Park
*
Jardin botanique alpin du Lautaret
*Tradition of boiled bread ("pain bouilli" or "pain noir"), a rye bread made with boiled water, in village's oven
See also
*
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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