- Embrun, Hautes-Alpes
:"There is also an Embrun in Ontario, Canada."French commune
nomcommune=Embrun
Porch of the lions| région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Hautes-Alpes
arrondissement=Gap
canton=Embrun
insee= 05046
cp= 05200
gentilé=
maire= Chantal Eyméoud
mandat= 2001-2008
intercomm=Embrun
longitude=6.49611111111
latitude=44.5658333333
alt moy= 871 m
alt mini= 778
alt maxi= 2800 m
hectares=3639
km²= 36.39
sans= 6703
date-sans=1999
dens=
date-dens=1999Embrun (
Latin : Ebrodunum, Ebrudunum [Barrington|17 and notes] , and Eburodunum [Barrington|17 and notes] ) is a commune in theHautes-Alpes department in theProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeasternFrance .Description
It is located between Gap and
Briançon and at the eastern end of the largest artificial lake inEurope : theLac de Serre-Ponçon .The town of
Embrun, Canada was named after Embrun in 1856.History
Ebrodunum (polytonic|Ἐβρόδουνον in
Greek language sources), was the name under which Embrun entered written history. There is some variation in the writing of the first part of the name. It is Epebrodunum inStrabo 's text, but later translaters corrected it. Strabo (iv.) says that fromTarasco to the borders of theVocontii and the beginning of the ascent of theAlps , through theDruentia andCaballio , is 63 miles; and from thence to the other boundaries of the Vocontii, to the kingdom ofCottius (theAlpes Cottiae ), to the village of Ebrodunum, 99 miles. Ebrodunum was in the country of theCaturiges , and just on the borders of the Vocontii, as it appears.The position of Ebrodunum is easily determined by the itineraries and the name.
Ptolemy (iii. 1) mentions Eborodunum as the city of the Caturiges, and no other. In theJerusalem Itinerary Ebrodunum is called "Mansio", like Caturiges (modernChorges ), which was also in the territory of the Caturiges. There are Roman remains at Chorges, and none are mentioned at Embrun, though it appears that the cathedral of Embrun is built on the site of a Roman temple, or that some of the materials of a temple were used for it.Liam McelroyEcclesiastical history
ee also
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Écrins National Park References
*SmithDGRG
*Catholic [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06378a.htm Gap]ources and external links
* [http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/otembrun/ Embrun Office of Tourism]
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