Larche, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Larche (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Larche
|image = Larche.JPG
|caption = A general view of the village of Larche
|arrondissement = Barcelonnette
|canton = Barcelonnette
|INSEE = 04100
|postal code = 04530
|commune = Val-d'Oronaye
|coordinates = {{coord|44.4522|6.8472|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 1697
|elevation min m = 1606
|elevation max m = 3165
|area km2 = 68.86
|population = 50
|population date = 2021
|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/7739582/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations légales 2021|language=fr|trans-title=Legal populations 2021|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2023}}
}}
Larche ({{IPA|fr|laʁʃ}}; Vivaro-Alpine: L'Archa) is a former commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Val-d'Oronaye.[http://www.alpes-de-haute-provence.gouv.fr/content/download/11001/65675/file/1_pdfsam_RS%2082%20du%2030%20décembre%202015%20site%20internet.pdf Arrêté préfectoral] 14 December 2015 {{in lang|fr}}
Geography
It lies on the northwestern foot of the Maddalena Pass, called Col de Larche in French.
Population
{{Historical populations
|align=left
|cols=2
|1765|876
|1793|679
|1800|848
|1806|747
|1821|784
|1831|789
|1836|788
|1841|738
|1846|677
|1851|700
|1856|672
|1861|677
|1866|650
|1872|665
|1876|645
|1881|615
|1886|787
|1891|552
|1896|576
|1901|558
|1906|587
|1911|552
|1921|377
|1926|362
|1931|299
|1936|267
|1954|151
|1962|102
|1968|128
|1975|100
|1982|91
|1990|71
|1999|83
|2008|72
}}
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See also
References
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Category:Former communes of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Category:Alpes-de-Haute-Provence communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
Category:Populated places disestablished in 2016
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