Hautes-Alpes

Hautes-Alpes Auts Aups (Occitan)
Department of France
Top down, left to right: Massif des Cerces, prefecture building in Gap, Barre des Écrins, Lac de Serre-Ponçon and waterfall in the Vallée de la Clarée
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Location of Hautes-Alpes in France
Coordinates: 44°40′N 6°20′E / 44.667°N 6.333°E / 44.667; 6.333
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Prefecture	Gap
Subprefectures	Briançon
Government
• President of the Departmental Council	Jean-Marie Bernard[1] (LR)
Area 1
• Total	5,549 km2 (2,142 sq mi)
Elevation	1,665 m (5,463 ft)
Highest elevation	4,101 m (13,455 ft)
Lowest elevation	470 m (1,540 ft)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	140,976
• Rank	100th
• Density	25/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	05
Arrondissements	2
Cantons	15
Communes	162
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Hautes-Alpes (French pronunciation: [ot.z‿alp] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Auts Aups; English: Upper Alps) is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. It is located in the heart of the French Alps, after which it is named. Hautes-Alpes had a population of 141,220 as of 2019,^[3] which makes it the third least populated French department. Its prefecture is Gap; its sole subprefecture is Briançon. Its INSEE and postal code is 05.