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Orcières
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Orcières (; ) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France.
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Orcières is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department, within the arrondissement of Gap, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. It serves as the capital of the canton of Orcières and is associated with the electoral district of the canton of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur. The municipality shares borders with Ancelle, Champoléon, Châteauroux-les-Alpes, and Freissinières. Its official name is Orcières, and the demonym for its residents is Orcatus.
The commune has an area of 98.27 square kilometers and an elevation of 3,117 meters above sea level. Population figures vary slightly between sources, with one listing 890 inhabitants and another citing 866. The postal code for the area is 05170.
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Place details
- Locality
- Orcières
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Population
- 866
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Orcières
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Ocieres.svg
- French commune.image
- Orcières95.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Valley of Prapic
- French commune.arrondissement
- Gap
- French commune.canton
- Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
- French commune.INSEE
- 05096
- French commune.postal code
- 05170
- French commune.mayor
- Patrick Ricou
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Champsaur-Valgaudemar
- French commune.elevation m
- 1439
- French commune.elevation min m
- 1174
- French commune.elevation max m
- 3117
- French commune.area km2
- 98.27
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Orcières
- Demonym
- Orcatus
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Gap
- Population
- 651
- Area
- 98.27
- Elevation
- 2070
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- canton of Orcières
- Shares border with
- Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas
- Official website
- www.orcieres-mairie.fr
- Image
- Orcières95.JPG
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- Commons category
- Orcières
- postal code
- 05170
- associated electoral district
- canton of Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
- male population
- 350
- female population
- 340
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- www.orcieres-mairie.fr/contact
- phone number
- +33-4-92-55-70-26
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Population
- See also
- References
Orcières (; ) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France.
==Population==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orcières” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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