Hautes-Alpes

American  

[oht-zalp] / oʊtˈzalp /

noun

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

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Hautes-Alpes British  

/ otzalp /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

“In the Hautes-Alpes as elsewhere, Emmanuel Macron cannot act like nothing is happening,” the local office of France’s second-largest labor union, the Confédération Générale du Travail, said in a statement.

From New York Times

Macron’s trip to a town in the Hautes-Alpes region of southwest France that that has suffered water shortages gave him a chance to change the topic and briefly escape the daily criticism and protests triggered by his decision to revise the pension system and increase the retirement age from 62 to 64.

From Seattle Times

The local health authority in the Hautes-Alpes region, home to many ski resorts which attract British visitors, said the variant had also been discovered there.

From Reuters

Julian Alaphilippe remains in yellow while Team Ineos leader Egan Bernal is struggling, but a month after the collision that ended his participation in the Critérium du Dauphiné, Jumbo-Visma rider and race favourite Primoz Roglic was first over the line at Orcières-Merlette in the Hautes-Alpes.

From The Guardian

The 160.5-kilometer stage in the Hautes-Alpes marked the race’s first summit finish this year, with a final 7-kilometer climb up to the ski resort where Luis Ocana handed five-time Tour winner Eddy Merckx a resounding defeat back in 1971.

From Seattle Times