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Oraison
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Oraison (; ) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in Southeastern France.
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Oraison is a commune in France, situated within the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Oraison and is located in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. The municipality has at various times been part of the arrondissements of Forcalquier and Digne-les-Bains. It borders the communes of La Brillanne, Le Castellet, Lurs, and Les Mées, and is positioned next to the Durance river.
The area of Oraison is 38.42 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 645 meters. Its population is recorded as 6,155, comprising 2,745 males and 3,137 females. The postal code for the commune is 04700. Oraison is twinned with Traversetolo.
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Place details
- Locality
- Oraison
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,399
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Oraison
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Oraison 04.svg
- French commune.image
- Ville d'Oraison.jpg
- French commune.caption
- A general view of the village of Oraison
- French commune.arrondissement
- Forcalquier
- French commune.canton
- Oraison
- French commune.INSEE
- 04143
- French commune.postal code
- 04700
- French commune.party
- LREM
- French commune.mayor
- Benoît Gauvan
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.demonym
- Oraisonnais
- French commune.intercommunality
- Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération
- French commune.elevation m
- 373
- French commune.elevation min m
- 323
- French commune.elevation max m
- 645
- French commune.area km2
- 38.42
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Oraison
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains
- Population
- 6042
- Area
- 38.42
- Elevation
- 407
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Durance
- Capital of
- canton of Oraison
- Shares border with
- Villeneuve
- Official website
- www.oraison.fr
- Image
- Ville d'Oraison.jpg
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- Commons category
- Oraison
- postal code
- 04700
- twinned administrative body
- Traversetolo
- associated electoral district
- canton of Oraison
- male population
- 2745
- female population
- 3137
- P8168
- Pyotr Yeropkin
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-92-70-77-77
- fax number
- +33-4-92-70-77-87
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Population
- See also
- References
Oraison (; ) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in Southeastern France.
==Geography== The river Asse forms all of the commune's southern border, then flows into the Durance, which forms all of its western border.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oraison” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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