Ubaye Valley

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The Ubaye Valley is in the Alpes de Haute-Provence département, in the French Alps and has approximately 7000 residents. Its residents are called "Ubayens". Its chief town is the sous-préfecture of Barcelonnette.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Ubaye River - Hydrography 2 Organization 3 Situation 4 Summits 5 Towns 6 Access 7 History 8 Administration 9 Demographics 10 Natural sites 11 Monuments 12 Characters 13 See also 14 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Ubaye River - Hydrography

• The Ubaye river gives his name to the valley. The Ubaye rises on the Franco-Italian border, in Longet Lake, in the massive of Mount Viso. It runs from east to west during 70 km, after she flows in the Serre-Ponçon lake. His main tributary is the Ubayette river, which rise in the Lauzanier Lake.

• Ubaye Valley has many lakes :
  • Terre-Plaine lake
  • Neuf-Couleur Lake
  • Sagnes Lake
  • Lauzanier lake
  • Allos lake
  • Petite Cayolle lake
  • Mans lakes
  • Longet lake
  • Oronaye lake, near Longet lake
  • Marinet Lake

Lauzanier Lake

Marinet Lake

[edit] Organization

[edit] Situation

[edit] Summits

Ubaye Valley's highest mountain is the Aiguille de Chambeyron (3412m). The second one is the Brec de Chambeyron (3389m).

[edit] Towns

• Its two biggest towns are Barcelonnette and Jausiers. From Low Valley to High Valley, near Ubaye the towns are: Le Lauzet-Ubaye, Les Thuiles (Lauzet's hamlet), Méolans-Revel, Barcelonnette, Faucon-de-Barcelonnette, Jausiers, La Condamine-Châtelard, Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye et Tournoux.
• There are some ski stations: Le Sauze,Pra Loup (near Barcelonnette) and Sainte Anne (near La Condamine-Châtelard.
• Two small towns in the Ubayette valley: Meyronnes and Larche.

[edit] Access

There are only six passable vehicles roads in summer :

• From the Haute-Provence (west) : "Pas-la-Tour" near The Lauzet, open year-round
• From the Verdon (south) : Pass of Cayolle and pass of Allos (closed in winter),
• From the Tinée (south) : Pass of the Bonette at 2750 meters, the higher road of Alps (closed in winter)
• Forum Stura Valley (Italy), (east): Pass of Larche (closed in winter),
• From the Queyras (north) : Pass of Vars (closed in winter).

[edit] History

• The Ubaye valley has been populated since the end of prehistory
• A Gaulish tribe, named the Esubiens, lived in the vally during antiquity
• It was incorporated into the Roman Empire by Augustus. A Roman road crossed the valley and the Romans occupied the Faucon-de-Barcelonnette's area.
• Christianized since the end of Roman Empire, Ubaye Valley belonged to the diocese of Embrun
• The valley was in the county of Provence during the Middle Ages.
• Barcelonnette was founded in 1231 by Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
• François Ier crossed the pass of Larche to attack Italy in the 16th century.
• After, the valley belongs to the Duchy of Savoy, and it was incorporated into France in 1713 with the Treaty of Utrecht.
• The French Army of the Alps was based in Ubaye during the French Revolution.
• In the 1830s, the first reak road to the valley is open.
• During the 19th century and the start of the 20th, a lot of Ubaye's people emigrated to Mexico.
• Ubaye Valley was occupied by Italians in 1942, then by Germans in 1943 and 1944

[edit] Administration

The valley is in the arrondissement of Barcelonnette, and has two cantons.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Natural sites

• Lakes
• Montains massives : L'Aiguille du Chambeyron, the Séolanes, Siguret, "la Tête de Louis XVI".
• The Mercantour

[edit] Monuments

• Cardinalis Tower (Barcelonnette)
• Museum of Ubaye Valley (Barcelonnette)
• "Les Villas Mexicaines" (Barcelonnette and Jausiers
• Church of Faucon-de-Barcelonnette.
• Church Saint Nicolas de Myre (Jausiers)
• Magnans's castle (Jausiers.
• Abriès Mill (Jausiers)
• Cuguret stronghold. (Jausiers)
• Fort de Tournoux (La Condamine-Châtelard)

[edit] Characters

• Paul Reynaud, born in Barcelonnette
• The Brothers Arnaud, born in Jausiers
• Jacques-Antoine Manuel, born in Barcelonnette

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

• Website of Ubaye Valley