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    The Ubaye Valley is an area in the Alpes de Haute-Provence département, in the French Alps, having approximately 7,700 residents. Its residents are called...
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    Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, Jausiers and Barcelonnette. It flows into the Lac de Serre-Ponçon (which is fed and drained by the Durance) near La Bréole. Ubaye Valley Mercantour...
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    Provence, Piedmont and the Dauphiné, and is the largest town in the Ubaye Valley. The town's inhabitants are known as Barcelonnettes. Barcelonnette was...
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    Maritime Alps; the Ubayette Valley, the Ubaye Valley, the Serre-Ponçon Lake, the high Durance Valley, and the Guisane Valley to the southwest; the Col du...
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    an intermediate mountain area with valleys and very remote villages the High Alps: including the valleys of Ubaye, Blanche, and the high Verdon (upstream...
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    of Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, between the Ubaye Valley and the valley of the Tinée River. "Cime" means "summit" in French. The summit...
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  • to the south. Additionally, it separates the Embrun region from the Ubaye valley. The massif extends from the Serre-Ponçon lake in the west to the Col...
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    Maddalena Pass—with only one 100/17 howitzer in tow—and began descending the Ubaye Valley into France. Heavy snow and fog slowed their advance, but also prevented...
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    200 French and over 100 Germans dead. The Col de Larche, linking the Ubaye valley via a tributary, the Ubayette, to the Valle Stura di Demonte, was defended...
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    victories at Cassano and Calcinato forced the Imperialists into the Trentino valley. However, in July 1706, Vendôme and any available forces were sent to reinforce...
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    the top of the activated fault patch). In Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the Ubaye Valley is the most active seismic zone in the French Alps. Earthquakes can follow...
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    minor European territories, such as the Principality of Orange and the Ubaye Valley, which covered transalpine passes into Italy. Thanks to Louis, his allies...
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  • The Savincates were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the Ubaye valley, around present-day Faucon-de-Barcelonnette in the Alpes Maritimae, during the Iron Age...
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    western Alps slopes, Southern Gaul Coenicenses Dexivates Esubiani – Ubaye Valley, Southern Gaul Euburiates Gabieni Glanici Graioceli / Garocelli – Alps...
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    From 1814 to 1955, inhabitants of Barcelonnette and the surrounding Ubaye Valley emigrated to Mexico by the dozens. Many established textile businesses...
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    From 1814 to 1955, inhabitants of Barcelonnette and the surrounding Ubaye Valley emigrated to Mexico by the dozens. Many established textile businesses...
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    (governor of Nice and the Eastern Provence) the passage of Nice and the Ubaye Valley to the Savoy domains, with the name of Terre Nuove di Provenza. The Terre...
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  • Disiderio Bonnafoux, José Chapuy and Léon Fortoul, immigrants from the Ubaye Valley and Barcelonnette in southeastern France. The original store was at the...
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    Dauphiné (secteur fortifié du Dauphiné), protecting Briançon and the Ubaye Valley opposite the Col de Larche. Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps (secteur...
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  • western Alps slopes, Southern Gaul Coenicenses Dexivates Esubiani – Ubaye Valley, Southern Gaul Euburiates Gabieni Glanici Graioceli / Garocelli – Alps...
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    France in the Parpaillon massif. It connects La Condamine-Châtelard, the Ubaye Valley in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department with Crévoux, Embrun in Hautes-Alpes...
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    is a mountain with two summits between the upper Ubaye Valley, Val Escreins and the Ceillac Valley, at the edge of the Queyras Regional Park. It is the...
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    Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in France. It connects Barcelonnette in the Ubaye Valley and Colmars. It lies parallel to the Col de la Cayolle and Col de la...
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    Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Between 1850 and 1950, 5,000 to 6,000 inhabitants of the Ubaye Valley immigrated to Mexico. Many established textile businesses between Mexico...
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    Historically Allos, located in the valley of the Verdon, has long been linked to the Ubaye Valley: first at the time when Ubaye belonged to the States of Savoy...
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    pre-Alps. The geological nature of the north of the massif relates to the Ubaye Valley. On 24 March 2015, Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525...
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    descends with steep rock walls on the Vallon de Mary, a side valley of the Ubaye Valley. Geologically, the mountain is composed of formations from the...
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    Aiguille de Chambeyron and its sharp, rocky peak dominates the Upper Ubaye Valley. The word "Brec" or "Bric" in French is used for a mountain resembling...
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    Hautes-Alpes. The source of the Ubaye is in the commune. St. Paul sur-Ubaye has a subarctic climate (Dfc) Ubaye Valley Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence...
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    The Fort de Tournoux is a fortification complex in the Ubaye Valley in the French Alps. It was built between 1843 and the early 20th century to defend...
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