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Briançon

, Briançon, France
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Briançon a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.At an altitude of 1326m it is the highest city in France, based on the French definition as a community containing more than 2,000 inhabitants. Briançon's most recent population estimate is 11,645.Briançon is built on a plateau centred on the confluence of the Durance and the Guisane rivers.

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