Hautes-Alpes

American

[oht-zalp] / oʊtˈzalp /

noun

a department in SE France. 2,179 sq. mi. (5,645 sq. km). Gap.

Hautes-Alpes British

/ otzalp /

noun

a department of SE France in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Capital: Gap. Pop: 126 810 (2003 est). Area: 5643 sq km (2201 sq miles)

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A fire broke out on Aug. 20 in the southern Hautes-Alpes region of France, burning at least 140 hectares.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2023

Another broke out on Aug. 20 in the southern Hautes-Alpes region of France, burning at least 140 hectares.

From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2023

Then he directed his course towards Grand-Villard, near Briancon, in the Hautes-Alpes.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

The two days' diligence journey from Grenoble to the département des Hautes-Alpes was over one of those broad macadamized highways which make driving a luxury in many parts of Europe.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 by Various

BRIAN�ON, a strongly fortified town in the department of Hautes-Alpes in S.E.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

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