Le Monêtier-les-Bains

Infobox Commune de France
nomcommune=Le Monêtier-les-Bains
région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Hautes-Alpes
arrondissement=Briançon
canton=Le Monêtier-les-Bains
insee=05079
cp=05220
maire=Pierre Bouvier
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Briançon
longitude=6.50944444444
latitude=44.9769444444
alt moy=1495 m
alt mini=1397
alt maxi=3659 m
hectares=9787
km²=97.87
sans=1009
date-sans=1999
dens=10
date-dens=1999

Le Monêtier-les-Bains is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It is situated in the Guisane Valley.

Geography

Le Monêtier-les-Bains is the highest village of the French ski resort of Serre Chevalier at 1,500m. Le Monêtier-Les-Bains has two hot-water springs, one at 34°C and one at 38°C, and the village has been a thermal spa since Roman times. The village is on the periphery of the Ecrins National Park.

Tour de France

The village lies on the Col du Lautaret and is regularly used in the Tour de France. It has featured recently in the tours of 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2007. The Tour will pass through the village once again in the 2008 Tour de France.

ee also

*Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department

References

"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."