Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

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Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

(French alpdəotprɔvɑ̃s)
n
(Placename) a department of SE France in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. Capital: Digne. Pop: 144 508 (2003 est). Area: 6988 sq km (2725 sq miles). Former name: Basses-Alpes
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Beziers, Languedoc-Roussillon EXTRA STARRY NIGHTS CANVAS Holidays has added seven new four and five-star French campsites to its portfolio for 2019, including Languedoc-Roussillon, Dordogne, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Brittany.
It's a self-drive break in France's Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region - a picturesque natural adventure playground for families.
Plusieurs personnes sont impliquees, outre le joueur, qui, apres avoir ete [beaucoup moins que] victime d'une arnaque [beaucoup plus grand que] s'en serait pris a un homme habitant la region de Forcalquier (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), a encore indique la source, sans preciser la nature de l'arnaque ni de l'agression.
Lavender from the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region in France has always been an important ingredient for perfumery.
The airliner was flying from Barcelona, Spain, to Germany's city of Dusseldorf when it disappeared from the radars in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in Southern France, Europe1 radio network reported.
The Mirage 2000B crashed on the border of the Vaucluse and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence regions in the south of France, the air force press service and a source close to the investigation said.
Although production of lavender oil last year hit a high of 55 tonnes, growers in the main areas of the Vaucluse, DrA[acute accent]me and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence are highlighting increasing problems with leaf-sucking cicadelles which are killing off increasing numbers of the afinea plants used in perfume production.
(1130 GMT) in a steep section of the Verdon Gorge in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region near the border with Italy, according to local police.
The train, traveling from the coastal city of Nice, was en route to the town of Digne-les-Bains, capital of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, when the accident happened, RT reported.
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