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Embrun

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commune in Hautes-Alpes, France

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Embrun is a commune in France, situated within the Hautes-Alpes department and the arrondissement of Gap. It serves as the capital of the canton of Embrun and is located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. The town shares borders with Baratier, Châteauroux-les-Alpes, Crots, and Puy-Saint-Eusèbe, and is positioned next to the Durance river.

The commune has an area of 36.39 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 6,600 residents and another citing 7,069. The male population is recorded as 2,841, while the female population is 3,314. Embrun is twinned with Borgofranco d'Ivrea.

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Place details

Locality
Embrun
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country
France
Population
7,069

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5.6 µg/m³
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Encyclopedic overview

Embrun ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃bʁœ̃] ; Occitan: Ambrun pronounced [amˈbryn], Latin: Ebrodunum, Ebrudunum, and Eburodunum) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Embrun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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