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Gap is a commune
Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common....
 in southeastern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, the capital of the Hautes-Alpes
Hautes-Alpes

Hautes-Alpes is a departments of France in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range....
 department.

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Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
 crossroads at the intersection of D994 and Route nationale 85 the Route Napoléon
Route Napoléon

Route Napol?on is the route taken by Napoleon I of France in 1815 on his return from Elba. It is now a 325-kilometre section of the Route nationale 85....
, Gap lies 2,406 feet above sea level along the right bank of the Luye River (close to where it joins the Durance River). The region around Gap is known as Gapençais.

inally founded by the Gaul
Gaul

Gaul is the name used for the region of Western Europe comprising part of present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine....
s, the Roman emperor
Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
 Augustus seized the town in 14 BC and renamed it Vapincum.






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Gap is a commune
Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common....
 in southeastern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, the capital of the Hautes-Alpes
Hautes-Alpes

Hautes-Alpes is a departments of France in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range....
 department.

Geography

An Alpine
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
 crossroads at the intersection of D994 and Route nationale 85 the Route Napoléon
Route Napoléon

Route Napol?on is the route taken by Napoleon I of France in 1815 on his return from Elba. It is now a 325-kilometre section of the Route nationale 85....
, Gap lies 2,406 feet above sea level along the right bank of the Luye River (close to where it joins the Durance River). The region around Gap is known as Gapençais.

History

Originally founded by the Gaul
Gaul

Gaul is the name used for the region of Western Europe comprising part of present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine....
s, the Roman emperor
Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
 Augustus seized the town in 14 BC and renamed it Vapincum. Gap was annexed by the French crown in 1512. The city of Gap has announced their interest in hosting the Winter Olympic Games in 2018.

Napoleon I
Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....
 left Elba
Elba

Elba is an island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino. It is the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, and the third largest List of islands of Italy after Sicily and Sardinia....
 in February of 1815 and had reached Gap on March 15 with 40 horsemen and 10 grenadiers where he had thousands of copies of his Proclamations printed. The whole population of the city accompanied Napoleon when he left Gap.

See also

  • Diocese of Gap
  • Gap Cathedral


Points of interest

  • Conservatoire botanique national alpin de Gap-Charance
    Conservatoire botanique national alpin de Gap-Charance

    File:Gap043.jpgThe Conservatoire botanique national alpin de Gap-Charance is a national conservatory specializing in alpine plants, located in the Domaine de Charance, about 4 km northwest of Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur, France....
  • Domaine de Charance


Sources and external links

  • Gallia Christiana
    Gallia Christiana

    The Gallia Christiana, a type of work of which there have been several editions, is a documentary catalogue or list, with brief historical notices, of all the Catholic dioceses and abbeys of France from the earliest times, also of their occupants....
     (Nova, 1715), I, 452-473, Instrumenta, 86-89, (Nova, 1725), III, 1051-1107; Instrumenta, 177-188, 205-8;
  • Albanes, Gallia christiana Novissima (Montbeliard, 1899), I,
  • Depery, Histoire hagiologique du diocese de Gap (Gap, 1852);
  • Honoré Fisquet, France Pontificale (Paris, 1868);
  • Gaillaud, Histoire de Notre Dame d'Embrun (Gap, 1862);
  • Roman, Sigillographie du diocese de Gap (Grenoble, 1870);
  • IDEM, Tableau historique du departement des Hautes-Alpes (Paris, 1889-91);
  • Chevalier, Topo-bibl., pp. 988, 1266.