Villar-d'Arêne
Villar-d'Arêne | |
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A general view of the village from the nearby hillside | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Villar-d'Arêne | |
Villar-d'Arêne Villar-d'Arêne | |
| Coordinates: 45°02′37″N 6°20′15″E / 45.0436°N 6.3375°E | |
| 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 (2023)[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).
Climate
| Climate data for Villar-d'Arêne (1991−2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) |
14.9 (58.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.1 (86.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
19.0 (66.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
17.0 (62.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
3.1 (37.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.7 (25.3) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
0.2 (32.4) |
5.1 (41.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
13.6 (56.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −9.8 (14.4) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−6 (21) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
2.7 (36.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−1.0 (30.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.8 (−16.2) |
−29.6 (−21.3) |
−25.7 (−14.3) |
−18.1 (−0.6) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−2 (28) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−21.7 (−7.1) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
−29.6 (−21.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 44.3 (1.74) |
44.1 (1.74) |
52.6 (2.07) |
65.7 (2.59) |
95.4 (3.76) |
77.0 (3.03) |
70.4 (2.77) |
81.9 (3.22) |
58.1 (2.29) |
92.0 (3.62) |
102.2 (4.02) |
77.5 (3.05) |
861.2 (33.9) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 11.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 100.8 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 160 | — |
| 1975 | 155 | −0.45% |
| 1982 | 184 | +2.48% |
| 1990 | 178 | −0.41% |
| 1999 | 219 | +2.33% |
| 2007 | 277 | +2.98% |
| 2012 | 310 | +2.28% |
| 2017 | 311 | +0.06% |
| 2023 | 300 | −0.60% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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