Orcières

Orcières
Orcières
Commune
	Valley of Prapic
	Coat of arms
	Location of Orcières
	Orcières Orcières
	Coordinates: 44°41′07″N 6°19′33″E / 44.6853°N 6.3258°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Gap
Canton	Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
Intercommunality	Champsaur-Valgaudemar
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Ricou
Area 1	98.27 km2 (37.94 sq mi)
Population (2022)	660
• Density	6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	05096 /05170
Elevation	1,174–3,117 m (3,852–10,226 ft) ; (avg. 1,439 m or 4,721 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Orcières (French pronunciation: [ɔʁsjɛʁ]; Occitan: Orsiera) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France.

Population

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.

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