L'Argentière-la-Bessée

Infobox Commune de France
nomcommune=L'Argentière-la-Bessée
région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Hautes-Alpes
arrondissement=Briançon
canton=L'Argentière-la-Bessée
insee=05006
cp=05120
maire=Joël Giraud
mandat=2008-2012
intercomm=Pays des Écrins
longitude=6.56
latitude=44.7952777778
alt moy=976 m
alt mini=945
alt maxi=3243 m
hectares=6455
km²=64.55
sans=2289
date-sans=1999
dens=35|

:"Not to be confused with Argentière, a village part of the commune of Chamonix".

L'Argentière-la-Bessée is a commune of the Hautes-Alpes department in the French Alps.

The town lies on the River Durance, which is used for kayaking, white water rafting and other water sports. Its located on the edge of the Ecrins National Park. There is an SNCF station in the town with trains running to Briancon and Paris. The village has an old silver mine (which is where the name of L'Argentière derived from), which is now opened to tourists.

ee also

* Écrins National Park
* Durance
*Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department

References

"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."

External links

* [http://ville-argentiere.fr Official Web site (in French)]
* [http://www.vallouimages.com/argentiere-la-bessee.htm L'Argentiere-la-Bessee - Description in french and pictures]