Villar-d'Arêne

Villar-d'Arêne
Commune
A general view of the village from the nearby hillside
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°02′37″N 6°20′15″E / 45.0436°N 6.3375°E / 45.0436; 6.3375Coordinates: 45°02′37″N 6°20′15″E / 45.0436°N 6.3375°E / 45.0436; 6.3375
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Briançon
Canton	Briançon-1
Intercommunality	Briançonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Fons[1]
Area 1	77.51 km2 (29.93 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	300
• Density	3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	05181 /05480
Elevation	1,519–3,883 m (4,984–12,740 ft) (avg. 1,650 m or 5,410 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villar-d'Arêne (French pronunciation: ​[vilaʁ daʁɛn]; Occitan: Vilars d'Arena) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France, between Grenoble and Briançon. 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).

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

References[]

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