What is the largest city of Hautes-Alpes?

Gap, with 41,293 inhabitants, ahead of Briançon (11,411).

How many cities does Hautes-Alpes have?

2 of its communes are listed here: every one over 10,000 inhabitants, plus the smaller ones that are household names. Hautes-Alpes has far more communes than that.

Which city of Hautes-Alpes is the densest?

Briançon, at 403 inhab./km², against 384 inhab./km² for the cities of Hautes-Alpes taken together.

Which region is Hautes-Alpes in?

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, which this dataset carries 109 cities of.

Which cities are in Hautes-Alpes?

Gap (41,293), Briançon (11,411). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.

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By department · Department 05

Cities of Hautes-Alpes (05)

Hautes-Alpes carries 2 cities in this dataset, 52,704 inhabitants between them. The largest is Gap (41,293), the smallest Briançon (11,411).

Cities2
Inhabitants52,704
DensestBriançon403 inhab./km²
Largest areaGap108.8 km²

The 2 cities of Hautes-Alpes, largest first
Rank	City	Population	Density inhab./km²	Area km²
1	Gap	41,293	380	108.8
2	Briançon	11,411	403	28.3

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Where Hautes-Alpes stands out

Skiers: the top 50 French citiesBriançon leads France, ahead of 727 cities · 36.7 / 1,000 inhab.
The coldest cities in FranceBriançon is 3 of 1,040 in France · 136.1 days
The French cities where most people walk to workBriançon is 6 of 1,038 in France · 22.1 %
The highest cities in FranceBriançon is 7 of 1,111 in France · 1,586 m
The French cities with the most breweries (by département)Gap is 9 of 1,112 in France · 1.46 / 10,000 inhab.
Home burglaries: the bottom 50 French citiesBriançon is 10 of 1,078 in France · 1.3 / 1,000 dwellings

Its region : Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

5 questions about this territory

What is the largest city of Hautes-Alpes?: Gap, with 41,293 inhabitants, ahead of Briançon (11,411).
How many cities does Hautes-Alpes have?: 2 of its communes are listed here: every one over 10,000 inhabitants, plus the smaller ones that are household names. Hautes-Alpes has far more communes than that.
Which city of Hautes-Alpes is the densest?: Briançon, at 403 inhab./km², against 384 inhab./km² for the cities of Hautes-Alpes taken together.
Which region is Hautes-Alpes in?: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, which this dataset carries 109 cities of.
Which cities are in Hautes-Alpes?: Gap (41,293), Briançon (11,411). The full table is on this page, with the figures for each.