Turriers
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Turriers | |
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 The church and surrounding buildings in Turriers | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Turriers  | |
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| Coordinates: 44°24′08″N 6°10′11″E / 44.4022°N 6.1697°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
| Arrondissement | Forcalquier |
| Canton | Seyne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-Yves Sigaud |
| Area 1 | 19.86 km2 (7.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 397 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 04222 /04250 |
| Elevation | 853–1,714 m (2,799–5,623 ft) (avg. 1,040 m or 3,410 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Turriers is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Since 2016 it is designated a key village in the UNESCO Geopark of Haute Provence. This is because of its outstanding geological features, its rich biodiversity and its historical interest.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1765 | 601 | — |
| 1793 | 586 | −2.5% |
| 1800 | 629 | +7.3% |
| 1806 | 596 | −5.2% |
| 1821 | 610 | +2.3% |
| 1831 | 613 | +0.5% |
| 1836 | 637 | +3.9% |
| 1841 | 616 | −3.3% |
| 1846 | 652 | +5.8% |
| 1851 | 679 | +4.1% |
| 1856 | 633 | −6.8% |
| 1861 | 618 | −2.4% |
| 1866 | 589 | −4.7% |
| 1872 | 550 | −6.6% |
| 1876 | 535 | −2.7% |
| 1881 | 534 | −0.2% |
| 1886 | 523 | −2.1% |
| 1891 | 481 | −8.0% |
| 1896 | 443 | −7.9% |
| 1901 | 415 | −6.3% |
| 1906 | 446 | +7.5% |
| 1911 | 405 | −9.2% |
| 1921 | 338 | −16.5% |
| 1926 | 320 | −5.3% |
| 1931 | 321 | +0.3% |
| 1936 | 326 | +1.6% |
| 1946 | 290 | −11.0% |
| 1954 | 260 | −10.3% |
| 1962 | 262 | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 230 | −12.2% |
| 1975 | 226 | −1.7% |
| 1982 | 286 | +26.5% |
| 1990 | 276 | −3.5% |
| 1999 | 297 | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 397 | +33.7% |
Geography
The village is situated at 1 040 metres altitude[1], on a rocky promontary called "Les Baumelles". It presents the classic aspect of an Haute Provence hilltop village. Turriers, with its surrounding hamlets, is the focal point of a vast basin of meadow and cornland topped by forest. The ancient farming activities are still in evidence. The meadows are enclosed by a spectacular circle of hills rising up to 850 m above Turriers. To the north there are clear views of the High Alps.
Other communes located near to Turriers are Bellaffaire, Saint-Martin-lès-Seyne, Bayons, Faucon-du-Caire and Gigors.
Geology
Turriers is situated in the northern section of the Digne pre-Alps on the Digne nappe, a thrust sheet with a depth of approx. 5,000 m that moved south west during the Oligocene epoch towards the end of the period when the Alps were forming. The lobes (or scales) demark the western edge of the nappe.
During the Riss glaciation, Turriers was entirely submerged under the Durance glacier. During the Würm glaciation the glacier was less dense and came to a halt at Les Tourniquets (a series of steep hairpin bends to the south between Turriers and Bayons), at that time crossed by a tongue of the Riss glacier. These two successive glaciers shaped the Col des Sagnes, to the south of the village. In the west they crossed the Col de Sarraut and entered the valley known as the Grand Vallon6. In the Würm glaciation the height of the glacier at Forest Loin, west of Turriers, dropped to approx. 1,250 m. here the ice had a depth of 150 m, compared to over 200 m at Turriers7
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