Larche, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

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{{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

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|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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