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Le Glaizil
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Le Glaizil is a commune in France, situated within the Hautes-Alpes department and the arrondissement of Gap. It lies in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region and shares borders with Chauffayer, Le Noyer, Saint-Disdier, and Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy. The commune is part of the canton of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur and uses the postal code 05800.
The area of Le Glaizil is 21.93 square kilometers. Population figures vary slightly between sources, with one listing 185 residents (86 male and 80 female) and another citing 192. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 2570 meters in one dataset, while another source lists it as 930 meters. The local time zone is Europe/Paris.
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Place details
- Locality
- Le Glaizil
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 192
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Department
- Hautes-Alpes
- Arrondissement
- Gap
- Canton
- Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
- Mayor 2020 2026
- François Collin
- Area
- 21.93 km (8.47 sq mi)
- Density
- 8.12/km (21.0/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 05062 /05800
- Elevation
- 774–2,570 m (2,539–8,432 ft) , (avg. 862 m or 2,828 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Le Glaizil
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Gap
- Population
- 178
- Area
- 21.93
- Elevation
- 1280
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Aubessagne
- Image
- Ruines du Château de Lesdiguières - F.JPG
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- Commons category
- Le Glaizil
- postal code
- 05800
- native label
- Le Glaizil
- associated electoral district
- canton of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
- male population
- 86
- female population
- 80
- phone number
- +33-4-92-55-22-87
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Encyclopedic overview
Le Glaizil ( French pronunciation: [lə ɡlɛzil]; Occitan: Lo Glaisiu) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It is famous for hosting the ruins of the castle of the Duke of Lesdiguières, Constable of France in the 17th century.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Le Glaizil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.