Villar-d'Arêne

Villar-d'Arêne
Villar-d'Arêne
	Commune
	A general view of the village from the nearby hillside
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Villar-d'Arêne Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Villar-d'Arêne
	Coordinates: 45°02′37″N 6°20′15″E / 45.0436°N 6.3375°ECoordinates: 45°02′37″N 6°20′15″E / 45.0436°N 6.3375°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Briançon
Canton	Briançon-1
Intercommunality	Briançon
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Xavier Crêt
Area1	77.51 km2 (29.93 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	284
• Density	3.7/km2 (9.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	05181 /05480
Elevation	1,519–3,883 m (4,984–12,740 ft) ; (avg. 1,650 m or 5,410 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Villar-d'Arêne is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France, between Grenoble and Briançon. It is in the French Alps, in Massif des Écrins. Near this village located in the Romanche valley, there is La Grave and Col du Lautaret. The access of the valley and its communes is departmental route 1091 (ex-national route 91) (Grenoble – Le Bourg-d'Oisans – Briançon).

Population

mountains as Massif des Ecrins, La Meije
Écrins National Park
Jardin botanique alpin du Lautaret
Tradition of boiled bread ("pain bouilli" or "pain noir"), a rye bread made with boiled water, in village's oven

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