Barrême
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| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
| Arrondissement | Digne-les-Bains |
| Canton | Barrême |
| Intercommunality | Moyen Verdon |
| Mayor | Jean-Louis Chabaud (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 685–1,621 m (2,247–5,318 ft) (avg. 722 m or 2,369 ft) |
| Land area1 | 37.05 km2 (14.31 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 481 (2008) |
| - Density | 13 /km2 (34 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 04022/ 04330 |
| 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. | |
Coordinates: 43°57′15″N 6°22′07″E / 43.9542°N 6.3686°E
Barrême is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.
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[edit] Geography
The village lies in the middle of the commune, near the confluence of the rivers Asse de Clumanc, Asse de Blieux, and Asse de Moriez, tributaries of the Asse.
[edit] Regional Geology
Barreme is a young Tertiary thrust sheet top basin, riding on the Digne thrust which proagates westwards. This fact means that the local topography reflects the geology very accuratley. So, anticlines and hard rocks are the high ground while synclines and soft rocks form the low ground. The basement is Cretaceous limestone and shale which are unconformably below the Tertiary fill of the basin. There are two units in the Tertiary fill of the basin, an older transgressive unit with the younger terrestrial unit unconformably on top of this. This tectonically driven region has major N-S trending thrusts sympathetic to the digne thrust. There are gypsum bodies which have been ducltily deformed to preduce sheath folds. These occur on multiple stratigraphic horizons. [1]
[edit] Population
| Year | 1765 | 1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 |
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| Population | 1081 | 897 | 823 | 1077 | 1012 | 997 | 1077 | 1124 | 1137 | 1130 |
| Year | 1856 | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 | 1901 |
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| Population | 1114 | 1066 | 1102 | 1000 | 1026 | 973 | 971 | 1437 | 865 | 820 |
| Year | 1906 | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 |
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| Population | 737 | 761 | 707 | 682 | 686 | 643 | 547 | 512 | 514 | 510 |
| Year | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 435 | 421 | 473 | 433 | 481 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Evans and Elliot, 1990
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