The village was the home of Émilie Carles who wrote her memoir A Wild Herb Soup (or A Life of her Own, original French: Une Soupe aux herbes sauvages) (1977) describing life in the village in the early and mid 20th century.
prés, french, pronunciation, pʁe, occitan, dels, prats, commune, hautes, alpes, department, southeastern, france, communethe, town, hall, hamlet, serre, coat, armslocation, show, franceshow, provence, alpes, côte, azurcoordinates, 9492, 6792, 9492, 6792country. Val des Pres French pronunciation val de pʁe Occitan Vau dels Prats is a commune in the Hautes Alpes department in southeastern France Val des PresCommuneThe town hall in the hamlet of Serre in Val des PresCoat of armsLocation of Val des PresVal des PresShow map of FranceVal des PresShow map of Provence Alpes Cote d AzurCoordinates 44 56 57 N 6 40 45 E 44 9492 N 6 6792 E 44 9492 6 6792CountryFranceRegionProvence Alpes Cote d AzurDepartmentHautes AlpesArrondissementBrianconCantonBriancon 2IntercommunalityBrianconnaisGovernment Mayor 2020 2026 Thierry Aimard 1 Area144 77 km2 17 29 sq mi Population 2021 2 610 Density14 km2 35 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST INSEE Postal code05174 05100Elevation1 338 2 761 m 4 390 9 058 ft avg 1 370 m or 4 490 ft 1 French Land Register data which excludes lakes ponds glaciers gt 1 km2 0 386 sq mi or 247 acres and river estuaries It is situated in the Claree Valley Contents 1 Population 2 Personalities 3 See also 4 ReferencesPopulation editHistorical populationYearPop 1962195 1968217 11 3 1975276 27 2 1982390 41 3 1990479 22 8 1999450 6 1 2008502 11 6 Personalities editThe village was the home of Emilie Carles who wrote her memoir A Wild Herb Soup or A Life of her Own original French Une Soupe aux herbes sauvages 1977 describing life in the village in the early and mid 20th century See also editCommunes of the Hautes Alpes departmentReferences edit Repertoire national des elus les maires data gouv fr Plateforme ouverte des donnees publiques francaises in French 2 December 2020 Populations legales 2021 The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies 28 December 2023 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Val des Pres nbsp This Hautes Alpes geographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Val des Pres amp oldid 1168152528, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
