Vallouise-Pelvoux
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Vallouise-Pelvoux | |
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 A view of Vallouise in winter | |
Location of Vallouise-Pelvoux  | |
  Vallouise-Pelvoux  Vallouise-Pelvoux | |
| Coordinates: 44°51′54″N 6°29′20″E / 44.865°N 6.489°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Hautes-Alpes |
| Arrondissement | Briançon |
| Canton | L'Argentière-la-Bessée |
| Intercommunality | Pays des Écrins |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Gaelle Moreau[1] |
Area 1 | 144.81 km2 (55.91 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,133 |
| • Density | 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 05101 /05290, 05340 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vallouise-Pelvoux (French pronunciation: [valwiz pɛlvu]) is a commune in the department of Hautes-Alpes, southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Pelvoux (the seat) and Vallouise.[3]
The commune is located in the Alps and contains part of the Écrins National Park.
It is a popular destination for mountaineering and mountain sports in all seasons.
